© Andy Hollingworth Bill Bailey writes safari sitcom
04/05/2016 … Bill Bailey is writing a sitcom set in a safari park.
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Wed 04 May 2016
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Is monogamy dead?
Rosie Wilby signs her first book deal to find the answer
04/05/2016 … Comedian Rosie Wilby has signed a deal to write her first book, entitled Is Monogamy Dead?Combining memoir and sociology, it is described as a 'mix of humour, heartache…
US deal for Tom Basden comedy
As Tim Key named as one of its stars
04/05/2016 … A new backpacking comedy-drama written by Tom Basden and starring Tim Key is to be screened in the US.
Just For Laughs comes to London
Montreal festival brings Jim Jefferies, Piff and more
04/05/2016 … Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy festival is launching a fortnight-long event in London featuring Jim Jefferies, Gina Yashere, Piff The Magic Dragon and more.
Katy Brand joins Sharon Horgan's company
As comedy development consultant
04/05/2016 … Katy Brand has moved into TV production, joining Sharon Horgan’s production company Merman as a comedy development consultant.
Tue 03 May 2016
Jack Dee to play a hired killer
03/05/2016 … Jack Dee is to play a hired killer.
© BBC/Colin Hutton Ben Elton takes a pop at Ricky Gervais
In his new Shakespeare sitcom Upstart Crow
03/05/2016 … Ben Elton has used his new Shakespearean sitcom to take a swipe Ricky Gervais.
'Unknown' comic outsells Jerry Seinfeld
James Mullinger fills an arena
03/05/2016 … An unknown British comedian, who admits the London comedy circuit 'ate me alive', has filled an arena gig in Canada.