© BBC At last! 15 Storeys High is finally on iPlayer
But why has BBC added a laugh track to Sean Lock's cult sitcom?
27/08/2021 … Sean Lock’s cult sitcom 15 Storeys High was finally be released on iPlayer last night.
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Fri 27 August 2021
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© Edinburgh International TV Festival 'Commissioners see black skin as such a big risk, and it’s not'
London Hughes speaks out about racism in British TV
27/08/2021 … The British TV industry thinks anyone black is a ‘risk’, comedian London Hughes has claimed.
Morecambe and Wise found Monty Python 'boring'
Comedy rift revealed in newly discovered footage
27/08/2021 … Morecambe and Wise branded Monty Python ‘boring’ and ‘unprofessional’ in in a newly discovered interview.
Thu 26 August 2021
© Steve Ullathorne Omar Badawy wins So You Think You're Funny?
UK's longest-running new comedy contest
26/08/2021 … Omar Badawy has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Amazon Prime Video Comics revealed for Backstage With Katherine Ryan
Amazon stand-up series to air next year
26/08/2021 … Amazon has revealed the comics taking part in its new stand-up series Backstage with Katherine Ryan.
French and Saunders dust down previously unaired sketches
26/08/2021 … French & Saunders have released a second series of their podcast Titting About today – including some previously unaired sketches.
© C4 People Just Do Nothing stars film C4 crime caper
26/08/2021 … The creators of People Just Do Nothing and King Gary have joined forces for a new 1980s crime-comedy caper for Channel 4.
© Donna Sydee/CC BY-SA 4.0 Gemma Arterton to play Nick Hornby's Funny Girl
Novel about 1960s comedy scene adapted for Sky
26/08/2021 … Gemma Arterton is to play a groundbreaking 1960s comedy star in a new TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s bestselling novel, Funny Girl.