BBC pilots 'anti-woke' comedy show
Unsafe Space 'brings diversity of opinion to Radio 4'
22/12/2021 … The BBC is piloting a new comedy show to combat the perception that all its comedians are from the ‘woke’ liberal left.
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Wed 22 December 2021
Comics up for BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022
22/12/2021 … Bridget Christie, Olga Koch and axed topical programme Newsjack have all been shortlisted for a BBC award.
Tue 21 December 2021
Union Jack launches improv radio show
21/12/2021 … Digital radio station Union Jack is to launch a new improvised comedy series, in the new year.
Matt Forde confirms 2022 tour
Clowns To The Left Of Me... is his biggest yet
21/12/2021 … Matt Forde has confirmed his biggest tour so far for 2022.
Mon 20 December 2021
© BBC Wales Live At The Covid Arms returns
'Christmas booster' for online gigs
20/12/2021 … Virtual comedy club Live at The Covid Arms is to return as the lockdown-by-proxy continues to bite the live industry.
Spitting Image heading to the West End
Boris Johnson puppet to star in The Liar King
20/12/2021 … A live version of Spitting Image is set to be stage in London's West End next year.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay The nighttime sector has been 'left to bleed'
New calls for urgent help to save businesses
20/12/2021 … A third of pubs, bars and other hospitality venues fear closure within a month – as the government has been accused of letting the sector ‘bleed’…
Making history...
Greg Jenner's comic You're Dead To Me is BBC's second most popular podcast
20/12/2021 … Greg Jenner’s comedy history show You’re Dead To Me has been named the second most downloaded podcast on BBC Sounds this year.