Sacha Baron Cohen to receive MTV 'comedic genius' award
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm up for other categories too
07/05/2021 … MTV is to crown Sacha Baron Cohen a ‘comedic genius’ at its TV and movie awards.
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Fri 07 May 2021
© BBC/Richard Ansett Steve Pemberton: We want to explore a live version of Inside No 9
Anthology series could be coming to the stage
07/05/2021 … Plans are still afoot for a live version of Inside No 9.
Thu 06 May 2021
This Country's Martin Mucklowe goes on tour
06/05/2021 … The father of Charlie and Daisy May Cooper is to tour with a live show based on his character in This Country.
Call My Agent's UK cast revealed
Including Lydia Leonard, Jim Broadbent and Rebecca Humphries
06/05/2021 … The core cast has been revealed for the UK remake of Call My Agent.
Handforth Parish Council's Jackie Weaver launches comedy podcast
With stand-ups among her guuests
06/05/2021 … Jackie Weaver, of Handforth Parish Council fame, is launching a comedy podcast.
Filming starts on Alma’s Not Normal
Sophie Willan's comedy being shot in Bolton and Manchester
06/05/2021 … Filming has started on the full series of Sophie Willan’s BBC comedy Alma’s Not Normal.
Wed 05 May 2021
© C4/Plum Pictures Johnny Vegas's glampsite is open for business
Where is the campsite, and can I book a vintage vehicle?
05/05/2021 … Johnny Vegas’s camper van site is open for business.
Comedians take on British stereotypes in new travelogue
Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham star in British As Folk
05/05/2021 … Comics Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham are to offer a ‘brutally honest’ guide to the UK’ in a new travelogue.