BBC commissions new radio comedy-drama from Jamie MacDonald
Autobiographical tale of a blind comedian uprooted to a new home
13/05/2021 … Comedian Jamie MacDonald has been commissioned to write a BBC radio comedy-drama based on his his own life.
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Thu 13 May 2021
Wed 12 May 2021
When is the Friday Night Dinner tribute on?
Channel 4 sets air date for retrospective dedicated to Paul Ritter
12/05/2021 … Channel 4’s salute to a decade of Friday Night Dinner will air on May 28, the broadcaster has announced.
Punter guilty of assaulting comedy club heckler
Taxi driver lost his eye and his job after assault at The Stand
12/05/2021 … A comedy club punter has been found guilty of assault after attacking a heckler.
Comedian's racism goes viral
Tony Hinchcliffe's vile response to compere Peng Dang
12/05/2021 … Footage of an American comedian unleashing a racist tirade at a colleague on stage has gone viral.
© BBC Julia Davis and Richard E. Grant join The Offenders
...as BBC releases first image from Stephen Merchant’s new comedy
12/05/2021 … Julia Davis and Richard E.
Comedy Central orders Criminally Funny
40 hours of clips of idiotic crooks coming a cropper
12/05/2021 … Comedy Central has commissioned a clip show featuring ‘some of the most inept criminals the planet has to offer’.
Comics launch spoof tech podcast for the BBC
...as Room Next Door comic Michael Spicer turns podcaster too
12/05/2021 … Comedians Olga Koch, Huge Davies and Greig Johnson are making a new spoof podcast for BBC Sounds In Tech Tech Boom, hosts Carol and Joe, with their elderly sidekick,…
Tue 11 May 2021
© First Minister Of Scotland Scotland gives green light to indoor comedy
Restrictions relaxed from Monday
11/05/2021 … Indoor comedy can resume in Scotland from Monday after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a relaxation of lockdown measures.