We liked our jobs, say Fringe workers
According to survey in response to union fears of exploitation
17/01/2018 … More than 80 per cent of people who worked at the Edinburgh Fringe were satisfied with their experience.
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Wed 17 January 2018
Comedy Central orders more Your Face Or Mine
Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan to return
17/01/2018 … Comedy Central has commissioned two more series of its game show Your Face or Mine.
Another series? Tick
Amazon renews Peter Serafinowicz's superhero comedy
17/01/2018 … Amazon Studios has greenlit a second season of the comedy superhero series The Tick, starring Peter Serafinowicz in the title role.
© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 Jason Donovan replaces Christopher Biggins
Last-minute stand-in at Slapstick festival
17/01/2018 … Jason Donovan is to appear at this month’s Slapstick festival of vintage comedy.
West End transfer for Good Girl
Naomi Sheldon’s comic Edinburgh hit hits London
17/01/2018 … Naomi Sheldon’s semi-comic monologue Good Girl is to make its West End debut.
Hear Derek Smalls' first solo track
Video released ahead of Spinal Tap bassist's album
17/01/2018 … Simpsons star Harry Shearer has released the first video from his new album recorded in the guise of his Spinal Tap alter-ego Derek Smalls.
Tue 16 January 2018
Sharon Horgan signs Amazon deal
Net giant has two-year exclusive on her work
16/01/2018 … Sharon Horgan has signed an exclusive two-year deal with Amazon.
Eighties stars flock to Benidorm
16/01/2018 … Hale And Pace, The Chuckle Brothers, and Bobby Ball will all be making guest appearances in the new series of Benidorm.