Russell Howard to be the first UK comic let back into New Zealand
Two weeks of quarantine before gigs
16/12/2020 … Russell Howard is to become the first Northern hemisphere comedian to play New Zealand since lockdown.
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Wed 16 December 2020
London Hughes, Hollywood star
Comic working on semi-autobiographical film Hot Mess
16/12/2020 … London Hughes is set to star in her first Hollywood comedy film, loosely based on her own life.
Stath Lets Flats gets a US remake
'Bren Rents' being developed for Fox
16/12/2020 … Jamie Demetriou is working on an American remake of Stath Lets Flats.
From Hooky Street to the High Court
Estate of Del Boy's creator sues tribute show
16/12/2020 … The copyright battle over a ‘hooky’ dining show based on Only Fools And Horses has made it to the High Court.
Tue 15 December 2020
John Robertson's Christmas roast
Comic blasts 2020 to raise money for The Samaritans
15/12/2020 … Comedian John Robertson is to host a three-hour Twitch show roasting the miserable events of 2020 to raise money for the Samaritans.
Ian Moore becomes a crime writer
Comedian signs first book deal as a novelist
15/12/2020 … Comedian Ian Moore has turned mystery writer – signing his first book deal for a work of fiction.
© Pierre Vogel/CC BY-SA 4.0 Christopher Walken joins Stephen Merchant's The Offenders
15/12/2020 … The cast has been announced for Stephen Merchant’s new BBC One comedy-drama The Offenders, including Christopher Walken and Poldark’s Eleanor Tomlinson.
© BBC/Nit TV/Ray Burmiston Harry Hill writes a Tony Blair musical
'Playing fast and loose with the facts'
15/12/2020 … Harry Hill has written a comedy rock opera about Tony Blair.