© BBC Ellie Taylor to make a second series for Radio 4
Safe Space also features comic Robin Morgan
16/03/2021 … Ellie Taylor is to make a second series of her Radio 4 show Safe Space.
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Tue 16 March 2021
© BBC Mon 15 March 2021
Shaun The Sheep up for an Oscar
Farmageddon nominated for best animated feature
15/03/2021 … Aardman comedy Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon has been nominated for an Oscar.
Phil Wang finally gets to tape his Netflix special
...and at the London Palladium, too
15/03/2021 … Phil Wang is finally getting to record his first full-length Netflix special.
© Belstone Pictures A killer cast!
Comedy stars galore in comic horror movie Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
15/03/2021 … A host of British comedy talent have made a comic horror-thriller movie set to have its world festival premiere this week.
Fawlty Towers gets a full vinyl release
Audio of all 12 episodes on LP for the first time
15/03/2021 … Audio versions of all 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers are to be released as a full vinyl LP collection for the first time.
Sky buys Kiwi comedy Wellington Paranormal
What We Do In The Shadows spin-off from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
15/03/2021 … Sky has brought the rights to Wellington Paranormal, a What We Do In The Shadows spin-off from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.
© Avalon Minnie Driver joins Rose Matafeo's Starstuck
Along with Nikesh Patel and a lot of familiar comedy faces
15/03/2021 … Minnie Driver and a host of familiar comedy faces have joined the cast of Rose Matafeo’s forthcoming BBC romcom Starstruck.
Sun 14 March 2021
Tiffany Haddish wins a Grammy
Only the fourth solo female comedian to do in 60 years
14/03/2021 … Tiffany Haddish has won the Grammy for best comedy album for the audio recording of her stand-up special Black Mitzvah.