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© Channel 4 As Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush scoop breakthrough awards
23/01/2023 … The shortlists have been announced for the National Comedy Awards – as organisers name Susan Wokoma, Jordan Gray and Lenny Rush as the winners of new…
Ladhood producer Joe Nunnery joins Boffola Pictures
23/01/2023 … Joe Nunnery, producer of the hit BBC series Ladhood, will be joining indie production company Boffola Pictures as head of comedy.
London's fringe festival is back, and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
22/01/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,264 events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 The week's best comedy on TV and radio
22/01/2023 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Sunday January 22 15 STOREYS HIGH: The original radio version of Sean’s Lock’s…
...for Jim Davidson’s streaming service
20/01/2023 … Comedians including John Moloney, Bobby Davro and Cerys Nelmes are to take part in a panel show for Jim Davidson’s streaming service Ustreme.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? drama revived
20/01/2023 … Rory Bremner is to play Chris Tarrant in a revival of Quiz, the drama about the cheating scandal that engulfed Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The show, by playwright…
© Yellow Door Productions ITVX comedy set in a call centre
20/01/2023 … Jayde Adams has started filming the new ITVX comedy Ruby Speaking, in which she stars as a ‘fun and irreverent’ call centre worker.
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh 'explores the immigrant's struggle'
19/01/2023 … Sindhu Vee is to star in a new Amazon comedy about an Indian family who move to America.
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