© Channel 4/Avalon C4 orders Horne Section comedy
14/04/2022 … Channel 4 has commissioned a six-part TV series featuring Alex Horne and his band, The Horne Section.
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Amy Schumer: I got death threats over Oscars joke
'The secret service reached out to me'
14/04/2022 … Amy Schumer has revealed that got death threats over a skit she performed at the Oscars.
© Hungry McBear / BBC Michael McIntyre’s Big Show to return after three years
...and another series for The Wheel, too
14/04/2022 … Michael McIntyre’s Big Show is to return for a sixth series, following a three-year hiatus because of the Covid pandemic.
Wed 13 April 2022
Channel 4 announces seven new comedy pilots
From Jordan Brookes, Rosie Jones, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and others
13/04/2022 … Channel 4 is piloting seven new comedy programmes featuring the likes of Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jordan Brookes and Rosie Jones.
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue companion is released on audiobook
To mark 50 years of the Radio 4 stalwart
13/04/2022 … A definitive guide to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been released on audiobook to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel…
© Harry Carr Brighton Comedy Garden announces 2022 line-up
Simon Amstell, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and more
13/04/2022 … Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
Liam Neeson makes a surprise appearance in Derry Girls
‘I was delighted to be able to play a wee part'
13/04/2022 … Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo appearance in Derry Girls last night, delighting fans.
© Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA/CC BY-SA 2.0 Tributes after Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67
'Just indescribably unusually hilarious'
13/04/2022 … Gravel-voiced American comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.