BBC One pilots for Tim Vine, Spencer Jones and Rob Beckett
26/07/2017 … Tim Vine, Spencer Jones and Rob Beckett have all landed pilots for BBC One.
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Wed 26 July 2017
Just For Laughs heads to Africa
Comedy festival to launch in Durban
26/07/2017 … Just For Laughs is to launch a comedy festival in Africa.
Alan-dmark event
Day to celebrate 20 years of Alan Partridge
26/07/2017 … Twenty years of Alan Partridge are to be marked in a day-long event in Manchester next month.
Jason Manford officially launches his music album
A Different Stage out in October
26/07/2017 … Jason Manford has officially launched his album of songs from the musicals, entitled A Different Stage Tracks will include Stars from Les Miserables, The Impossible…
Susan Calman cancels autumn tour
...because a TV job has come up
26/07/2017 … Susan Calman has cancelled her autumn tour after landing a TV job.
Scottish duo head list of rising comedy stars
The Dolls prove a fans' favourite
26/07/2017 … A Scottish comedy duo little known on the traditional comedy circuit have topped a list of rising comedy stars.
New book for Sara Pascoe
This time focussing on masculinity
26/07/2017 … Sara Pascoe has signed a deal to write a follow-up to her acclaimed book Animal.
Club rewards female comics
Bursaries for Lauren Pattison and Arna Spek
26/07/2017 … Lauren Pattison and Arna Spek have each received £500 from a bursary set up by London’s 99 Club to help female comedians.