Rosie Wilby longlisted for book award
Is Monogamy Dead? hailed for LGBT writing
27/06/2018 … Comedian Rosie Wilby’s debut book Is Monogamy Dead? has been longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize, which rewards the best in LGBTQ writing.
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Wed 27 June 2018
Graham Linehan: 'I have a touch of the old cancer'
Top comedy writer reveals he's to undergo chemo
27/06/2018 … Graham Linehan, the writer of Father Ted, the IT Crowd and Motherland has revealed that he has testicular cancer.
Channel 4 to pilot a Mr Swallow sitcom
With Nick Mohammed's character as a chat show host
27/06/2018 … Nick Mohammed is making a Mr Swallow sitcom pilot for Channel 4, in which his excitable alter-ego hosts his own chat show, Chortle can reveal.
Community comes to All4
All six seasons to be available on demand
27/06/2018 … Channel 4 has brought all six seasons of US comedy Community for its on demand service, All 4.
Daniel Kitson announces Edinburgh Fringe shows
27/06/2018 … Daniel Kitson has announced a full run of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Michael McIntyre's Big Show just got bigger
Series expanded from six episodes to eight
27/06/2018 … Michael McIntyre's Big Show is to return to BBC One this autumn, with its run extended to eight episodes.
Tue 26 June 2018
Dom Joly fumes over 'blatant TV theft'
Trigger Happy star's fury over Netflix documentary
26/06/2018 … Dom Joly has accused Netflix of ‘blatant stealing’ over a new documentary series.
Noel Fielding is such an angel...
Comic has his wings in a C4 short film
26/06/2018 … Noel Fielding is to play a dying angel in a new short film on Channel 4.