Radio 4 announces a new open-door sketch show
Athena Kugblenu and Ali Official to host DMs Are Open
27/04/2022 … Radio 4 is to launch a new comedy sketch show which anybody can write for.
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Wed 27 April 2022
Charlie Baker to play Tony Blair again
...in Harry Hill's rock opera about the former Prime Minister
27/04/2022 … Charlie Baker is to revive his role as Tony Blair in Harry Hill’s rock opera about the former Prime Minister.
Comics to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?'
At the Leeds International Festival of Ideas
27/04/2022 … Comics Geoff Norcott, Rosie Jones and Jamali Maddix are to discuss ‘what can you laugh about?’ at this year’s Leeds International Festival…
© Matt Crockett Amazon sets a release date for Iain Stirling’s comedy special
Failing Upwards was delayed by almost two years by Covid
27/04/2022 … Iain Stirling’s first Amazon Original stand-up special is to be released on Prime Video on May 27, it has been announced Failing Upwards was taped in London’s…
© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey and Rosie Jones to perform at jubilee pageant
Comics at Buckingham Palace event
27/04/2022 … Bill Bailey and Rosie Jones are to appear at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee pageant, it has been announced The comedians will join the likes of Ed Sheeran,…
Tue 26 April 2022
© BBC/Studio Hamburg UK/ Second series for Greg Davies' The Cleaner
More episodes 'to be shot this autumn'
26/04/2022 … Greg Davies is to make a second series of his BBC One comedy The Cleaner.
Rosie Jones to host a TV showcase of disabled comedy talent
Gig to be filmed for UKTV's digital platforms
26/04/2022 … Rosie Jones is to host a televised Disability Comedy Extravaganza for broadcaster UKTV.
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe write a Parenting Hell book
Podcast spin-off to be published in October
26/04/2022 … Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe have signed a publishing deal for a book based on their hit podcast Parenting Hell.