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With Black-ish creator Kenya Barris at the helm
26/10/2020 … Hollywood is to make another attempt at a Richard Pryor biopic - this time with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris behind the camera in his directorial debut.
Comic donates £6,000 to club the government won't help
26/10/2020 … Jack Whitehall has donated £6,000 to help keep Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy club alive, after it was snubbed for government bailout help.
© ITV No further action after 3,000+ viewers objected to BGT jokes
26/10/2020 … Ofcom has rejected more than 3,000 complaints about the material comedian Nabil Abdulrashid performed on Britain’s Got Talent.
Comic plays a probate lawyer in Fisk
26/10/2020 … Filming has started on Kitty Flanagan’s Australian sitcom, in which the stand-up plays a lawyer forced to take a job at a ‘shabby suburban firm specialising…
© Andrew Perry Stalking show Baby Reindeer wins top theatre gong
26/10/2020 … Richard Gadd has won an Olivier award for his one-man show Baby Reindeer.
What has Phoenix Nights psychic seen coming?
25/10/2020 … Let’s hope he hasn’t foreseen the future of live entertainment – but hapless psychic Clinton Baptiste has postponed his spring dates for…
© C4 The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
25/10/2020 … Sunday October 25 THE BIG SCOTTISH BOOK CLUB: One of the guests on this returning literary show is comedian Janey Godley, who will be discussing her book Handstands…
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