Brits land roles in This Is Spinal Tap sequel
Nina Conti, Kerry Godliman and Chris Addison
27/03/2024 … British comedians Nina Conti, Kerry Godliman and Chris Addison have been cast in the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap.
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Wed 27 March 2024
© BBC/Merman Motherland 'has come to an end'
27/03/2024 … Hit comedy Motherland will not be returning, star Diane Morgan has revealed.
Frank Skinner up for a top radio award
...for the show Absolute just axed
27/03/2024 … Frank Skinner has been nominated for the most prestigious awards in radio – days after he revealed his show had been axed.
© BBC Black Ops stars win at RTS Awards
Gongs, too, for Juice, Extraordinary, Big Boys and more
27/03/2024 … Black Ops stars Hammed Animashaun and Gbemisola Ikumelo both scooped gongs at the Royal Television Society Awards last night.
TV chiefs order 41 per cent less comedy
...and genre could be harder hit amid changes to BBC Three
27/03/2024 … TV commissioners are turning away from comedy – with a dizzying 41 per cent drop in the number of new shows ordered last year.
Julia Masli heads to New York
Off-Broadway run for her hit show ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
27/03/2024 … Julia Masli’s Edinburgh hit ha ha ha ha ha ha ha is heading to New York.
Tue 26 March 2024
New podcast for Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke
Reviewing their everyday lives
26/03/2024 … Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke are launching a new podcast in which the married comics review pretty much anything that's happened to them.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2024 kicks off
With almost 8,000 performances
26/03/2024 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has officially launched with more than 800 performers taking part in 7,800-plus individual performances of …