Matt Lucas to release a kids' joke book
09/09/2020 … Matt Lucas is to release a kids’ joke book next month.
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Wed 09 September 2020
Richard Osman’s House Of Games moves to BBC One
Jennifer Saunders, Roisin Conaty and Jason Manford to appear in new primetime edition
09/09/2020 … Richard Osman’s House Of Games is to get a primetime BBC One slot Jennifer Saunders, Roisin Conaty, Jason Manford and footballer turned pundit Jermaine…
Just For Laughs unveils a big, free, virtual festival
Headliners announced for digital event next month
09/09/2020 … Just For Laughs has unveiled the line-up for its first virtual festival, following the cancellation of its Montreal event for the first time in 38 years.
Black-ish gets another spin-off
Old-ish with Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis
09/09/2020 … Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is working on a third spinoff from his hit comedy series.
Tue 08 September 2020
Online podcast festival launched
Five days of live broadcasts next momth
08/09/2020 … One of the UK’s leading podcast producers has announced an online festival featuring live broadcasts of top comedy shows.
© Amanda Searle Worzel Gummidge to return
Mackenzie Crook writing, directing and starring in another special
08/09/2020 … Mackenzie Crook is to return for another Worzel Gummidge film.
© BBC Early Doors's 'Old Tommy' dies
08/09/2020 … Actor Rodney Litchfield, who played Old Tommy in Early Doors, has died at the age of 81.
'It proves the first one wasn't a fluke'
After Life wins its second TV choice award
08/09/2020 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life has been named best comedy at the TV Choice Award.