Mrs Doubtfire musical comes to the UK
Manchester run for Broadway hit, written by John O’Farrell
05/11/2021 … A musical version of Mrs Doubtfire is coming to the UK next year.
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Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth tries stand-up
Watch the MP's first bash at comedy
04/11/2021 … Labour frontbencher Jonathan Ashworth performed his first stand-up comedy gig last night.
BBC comedy development producer joins her old bosses
Emily Allen takes a new job Boffola Pictures
04/11/2021 … Boffola Pictures, the production company set up by former BBC comedy chiefs Shane Allen and Kate Daughton, has made its first appointment Emily Allen –…
Early Channel 4 sitcom unearthed after almost 40 years
Crowdfunding drive to get wordless comedy The Optimist released on DVD
04/11/2021 … One of the first sitcoms made for Channel 4 could finally see the light of day again after almost 40 years The Optimist starred comedian and original…
Third series for Code 404
Sky confirms return of futuristic cop comedy
04/11/2021 … Sky has commissioned a third series of Code 404 - the futuristic crime-fighting comedy starring Stephen Graham, Daniel Mays and Anna Maxwell Martin.
Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell back on the road
04/11/2021 … Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell are going back on the road The Would I Lie To You trio have announced dates in Torquay, Halifax, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ipswich,…
Daniel Radcliffe gets to work more miracles
US comedy series renewed for season 4
04/11/2021 … Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi’s comedy Miracle Workers is to return for a fourth series.
Nina Conti writes a memoir
...with her Monkey puppet as co-author!
04/11/2021 … Nina Conti is writing a memoir – with her puppet Monkey.