© BFI The Morecambe & Wise show what they found
BBC One debut to be seen for the first time in 53 years
20/07/2021 … The first Morecambe & Wise show to air on BBC One has been unearthed more than 50 years after it aired.
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© Button Hall Productions Image Type: Portraits Programme Maker: Monumental Ghosts spirit away the South Bank Award
But Pin duo miss out on breakthrough award
19/07/2021 … Ghosts has won this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Award for comedy.
BBC launches New Comedy Award 2021
With new categories for under-18s and digital comedian
19/07/2021 … Entries have opened for the revived BBC New Comedy Awards, which will culminate in a final on BBC One.
ParaPod movie finally gets its cinema release
Ian Boldsworth and Barry Dodds film also out on demand
19/07/2021 … The movie spin-off from Ian Boldsworth and Barry Dodds' ParaPod will finally hit cinemas on September 27.
Is Two Pints Of Lager set for a comeback?
Creator Susan Nickson 'in talks with the BBC'
19/07/2021 … The creator of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is in talks with the BBC about bringing it back.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Half of Brits still not ready for live gigs
Concerns hit reopening of comedy venues and theatres
19/07/2021 … More than half the country still feels uncomfortable about going to a live show as so-called ‘Freedom Day’ comes around.
Cancelled... for a show about forgiveness
Soho Theatre drops plans for Chris McGlade's run
19/07/2021 … Comedian Chris McGlade has complained that he has been cancelled after his show was ‘banned’ from the Soho Theatre.
Sun 18 July 2021
Tom O'Connor dies at 81
Star of The Comedians and Name That Tune
18/07/2021 … Comedian Tom O'Connor has died at the age of 81, his family has said.