© Netflix Bo Burnham scoops Rose D'Or
Other honours for Horrible Histories and Call My Agent!
30/11/2021 … Bo Burnham’s lockdown special Inside has been named best comedy at this year’s Rose d’Or international TV awards.
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Tue 30 November 2021
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Sara Pascoe announces Success Story tour
Biggest show yet with 50+ dates in 2022 and 2023
30/11/2021 … Sara Pascoe has announced her biggest UK stand-up yet, Success Story.
Mon 29 November 2021
© Netflix Merry Christmas! Jimmy Carr's next special out on Dec 25
His Dark Material coming to Netflix
29/11/2021 … Jimmy Carr’s third Netflix special, His Dark Material, is to be released on Christmas Day, he has revealed The comic broke the news on Twitter today…
Censored: Simpsons Tiananmen Square episode
Animated comedy suspiciously unavailable in Hong Kong
29/11/2021 … An episode of the Simpsons in which the cartoon American family visit Tiananmen Square has reportedly been censored in Hong Kong.
© C4 Channel 4 appoints digital comedy commissioner
Charlie Hyland moves from production roles
29/11/2021 … Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Hyland as a digital commissioner focussing on comedy.
© Monumental Television Revealed: How BBC TV comedy output has HALVED in a decade
29/11/2021 … TV regulators have sounded the alarm after the amount of new comedy broadcast on the BBC plunged by more than half in a decade.
Morgana Robinson and Mathew Horne to star in new comedy
UKTV commissions Newark, Newark from writer Nathan Foad
29/11/2021 … Morgana Robinson and Mathew Horne are to star in a new comedy series for Gold The show – Newark, Newark – is set in the titular …
© BBC Is there a second series of The Outlaws?
Stephen Merchant's comedy-thriller WILL return
29/11/2021 … Stephen Merchant’s comedy-thriller The Outlaws will be back for a second series.