Shaparak Khorsandi to be World Book Night ambassador
Initiative to encourage reading
14/03/2023 … Shaparak Khorsandi has been announced as one of the ambassadors for World Book Night.
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Tue 14 March 2023
Sue Perkins records Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves audio description
‘I got very lucky with this dice-roll'
14/03/2023 … Sue Perkins has recorded an audio description for the new blockbuster Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.
The Larkins returns to TV after more than 50 years
Classic cockney comedy given a repeat run
14/03/2023 … Classic sitcom The Larkins is to be screened on British TV for the first time in more than 50 years.
© Baby Cow The Witchfinder won't be back for a second spell
BBC Two comedy didn't enchant enough viewers
14/03/2023 … BBC Two has dropped Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper’s period comedy The Witchfinder.
Mon 13 March 2023
© Erik van der Liet/CC BY-SA 4.0 Improv pioneer Keith Johnstone dies at 90
Inventor of the Theatresports system of short-form games
13/03/2023 … Influential improv pioneer Keith Johnstone has died at the age of 90.
Paul Foot gets personal
Comic's new tour to tell how his trauma and depression 'dissolved away'
13/03/2023 … He is known for his bizarre flights of fancy, but surreal comedian Paul Foot has promised his new show will be his most personal yet.
Stath Lets Flats is back for Comic Relief
Jamie Demetriou films new sketch with Dermot O’Leary
13/03/2023 … Jamie Demetriou is returning to Stath Lets Flats for a Comic Relief sketch.
© Josh Tomalin Ada Campe up for panto award
For her debut in Dick Whittington
13/03/2023 … Comedian Ada Campe has been nominated for an award for her pantomime debut.