Filming starts on Fleabag series 2
As Sherlock's Andrew Scott joins the cast
23/08/2018 … Filming has started on the second series of Fleabag, with Andrew Scott – best known for playing Moriarty to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock –…
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Thu 23 August 2018
Comedians to host Netflix gameshow
Desiree Burch, Lloyd Griffith and Seann Walsh front Flinch
23/08/2018 … Comedians Desiree Burch, Lloyd Griffith and Seann Walsh are to host a new game show for Netflix.
David Cross announces short UK tour
Five nights for Arrested Development star
23/08/2018 … US comedian David Cross has announced five UK dates this summer.
© BFI 'The greatest ever celebration of film and TV comedy'
BFI announces a bumper batch of events across the UK
23/08/2018 … The BFI has announced a three-month series which it has dubbed ‘the UK’s greatest ever celebration of film and TV comedy’.
Hugh Laurie joins Armando Iannucci’s sci-fi comedy
Playing the captain of Avenue 5
23/08/2018 … Hugh Laurie is to star in Armando Iannucci’s new sci-fi comedy pilot, Avenue 5.
Sharon Horgan develops a new comedy for Amazon
Streaming giant orders a script for a show she would star in
23/08/2018 … Sharon Horgan is set to write and star in a new comedy for Amazon.
Wed 22 August 2018
Big Bang Theory implodes
US comedy to end after 12 seasons
22/08/2018 … The Big Bang Theory is to end in May, at the end of its 12th series, makers have announced.
Revealed: The 2018 Edinburgh comedy award nominees
And women dominate best newcomer list
22/08/2018 … The nominees have been announced for this yearsEdinburgh Comedy Awards And, notably, six of the seven comedians shortlisted for best newcomer are women.