So You Think You're Funny? returns
22/04/2021 … Leading new comedian competition So You Think You’re Funny? is to return this year, organisers at Edinburgh’s Gilded Balloon have announced.
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Thu 22 April 2021
Edinburgh Fringe offers cash help for 2021
22/04/2021 … Comedians and venues can apply for a share of a £75,000 funding pot to help them come to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
© BBC Nabil Abdulrashid and Munya Chawawa do Masterchef
Comics join new series luine-up
22/04/2021 … Comedians Nabil Abdulrashid and Munya Chawawa are to take part in the next series of Celebrity Masterchef.
Maddy Anholt becomes a Women's Aid ambassador
Comic helps teenagers spot abusive relationships
22/04/2021 … Comedian Maddy Anholt has become the ambassador for a website that helps teenagers learn about abusive relationships.
Wed 21 April 2021
© Vogue Taiwan/CC BY-SA 3.0 Hilary Duff to star in How I Met Your Father
21/04/2021 … Hilary Duff is to star in a spin-off from How I Met Your Mother – entitled How I Met Your Father.
© ITV Comics to take part in 'bonkers but brilliant' game show
Apocalypse Wow heads to ITV2 this summer
21/04/2021 … Comedians Kemah Bob and Darren Harriott are taking part in a new ITV2 physical game show called Apocalypse Wow.
Podcasts, podcasts, podcasts...
From Dave Chappelle, Graham Norton, Charlie Higson
21/04/2021 … Dave Chappelle is to launch a new podcast featuring the ‘most influential cultural icons’ in America as guests.
Comedies up for top audio awards
Including Alan Partridge, Jason Manford and Kim Noble
21/04/2021 … Alan Partridge, Jason Manford and topical Radio 4 show The Skewer are up for the biggest award in audio comedy.