Big push to get sweary Boris Johnson song to Christmas No 1
17/12/2021 … Cassetteboy has made a new remix of Boris Johnson's speeches, in a bid to get comedian Kunt And The Gang to Christmas No1.
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Fri 17 December 2021
New podcast for Nigel Ng
To coincide with his Haiyaa world tour
17/12/2021 … Nigel Ng has launched a new podcast about disappointment.
Thu 16 December 2021
Liz Carr joins Good Omens
Series 2 currently being shot in Scotland
16/12/2021 … Comedian and Silent Witness star Liz Carr has been cast in the second series of Good Omens.
John Cleese to complain about 'tone' of BBC interviewer
Watch the video as comic takes umbrage at line of questioning
16/12/2021 … John Cleese says he will make a formal complaint to the BBC – after a journalist challenged him in a discussion about free speech.
'This is pushing our industry to the edge'
Pleas for government help as stay-at-home advice batters live comedy
16/12/2021 … The Live Comedy Association has called for immediate government support to prop up the sector, saying stay-at-home guidance was ‘pushing our industry to the…
© C4/Hat Trick Chelmsford 123 has been excavated...
Revived version of Ancient Roman comedy released
16/12/2021 … Ancient Roman comedy Chelmsford 123 has been revived, 31 years after it last aired on Channel 4.
Jenny Eclair to make a second series of Drawers Off
16/12/2021 … Drawers Off, the daytime show in which contestants draw naked life models hosted, is returning for a second series with Jenny Eclair as host.
Hannah Gadsby adds an extra UK date
Now two performances of Body Of Work in Brighton
16/12/2021 … Hannah Gadsby has added an extra date to her forthcoming UK tour, Body Of Work.