Revealed: What the BBC's comedy chief wants to make
Shane Allen gives his commissioning wish-list
10/04/2017 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen has revealed his wish-list for new shows – with a family-friendly sitcom for BBC One a priority.
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Mon 10 April 2017
© Andy Hollingworth Comics raise cash for a vagina museum
10/04/2017 … Barely a day goes by without comedians holding a benefit gig for one good cause or another… but this has to be one of the more unusual.
Simon Amstell to direct his second film
Benjamin is about 'intimacy and despair'
10/04/2017 … Simon Amstell is to direct his second film, after making his debut with the iPlayer mockumentary Carnage.
© Jim Lee Ghenoa dances off with the Deadly title
Victory in Australia's Indigenous comedy competition
10/04/2017 … Dancer Ghenoa Gela won the Deadly Funny competition for Indigenous Australian comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the weekend.
Satirist John Clarke dies while hiking
10/04/2017 … Satirist John Clarke has died aged 68 while on a hiking trip.
© Manuel Harlan Two Oliviers for Groundhog Day
10/04/2017 … Tim Minchin's Groundhog Day won two Olivier awards last night.
Sun 09 April 2017
A plug for the Bath festival...
The best of the week's live comedy
09/04/2017 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Send in Zach's clowns...
The best TV and radio comedy of the week
09/04/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.