Worse things happen at sea...
BBC Three orders a comedy-horror set on a cruise ship
30/03/2021 … BBC Three has commissioned a new comedy-horror series from up-and-coming writer Ryan J Brown.
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Tue 30 March 2021
© Steve Ullathorne Hal Cruttenden announces 2022 tour
27 dates for It's Best You Hear It From Me
30/03/2021 … Hal Cruttenden has announced a 27-date tour next spring.
© BBC/Richard Ansett Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith reveal their favourite Inside No 9s
30/03/2021 … Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith will return with a second series of their Inside Inside No.
© UKTV Lenny Henry named a 'legend of comedy'
At Leicester Comedy Festival awards
30/03/2021 … He’s already got a knighthood - now Sir Lenny Henry has been named a Legend of Comedy by the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Maya Jama joins Celebrity Juice
To be a regular alongside captains aptains Emily Atack and Laura Whitmore
30/03/2021 … Maya Jama is to become a regular on Keith Lemon’s Celebrity Juice.
Mon 29 March 2021
Shappi Khorsandi writes her second young adult novel
Kissing Emma was inspired by Lord Nelson's mistress
29/03/2021 … Shappi Khorsandi has written a novel for young adults about a vulnerable young woman and the men who try to take advantage of her.
© BBC Filming starts on series two of Jerk
Tim Renkow’s BBC comedy is coming back
29/03/2021 … Filming has begun on the second series of Tim Renkow’s BBC comedy, Jerk.
John Robins launches pub podcast
...to celebrate beer gardens reopening
29/03/2021 … John Robins is launching a new podcast series celebrating his love of the Great British pub.