Sara Barron announces first tour
30 dates for Enemies Closer stand-up show
20/07/2021 … Sara Barron has announced an autumn tour of her latest solo show, Enemies Closer.
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Tue 20 July 2021
© 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.
Mon 19 July 2021
© 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.