© ITV Joel Dommett signs up for Supermarket Sweep
Comic to go wild in the aisles
19/08/2020 … Joel Dommett has achieved the pinnacle of stand-up achievement.
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Wed 19 August 2020
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The Guardian axes Clare In The Community
Cartoon strip that spawned a sitcom dropped after 25 years
19/08/2020 … The Guardian has axed its Clare In The Community cartoon, which also spawned a long-running Radio 4 comedy, after almost 25 years.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd helps build a new theatre
His charity chips in £700,000 to Playhouse North
19/08/2020 … Ken Dodd is helping to build a new theatre from beyond the grave.
Alice Levine to co-host The Museum of Curiosity
As Eddie Izzard, Ian Hislop and Hannah Gadsby appear as guests
19/08/2020 … Alice Levine is to take over as curator on Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity.
Tue 18 August 2020
The world's first chat show on a chemo ward
Dara O Briain is the first guest on Sarah Mills's new YouTube show
18/08/2020 … Comedian and TV producer Sarah Mills has launched the world's first chat show set in a chemotherapy ward.
© Just For Laughs Trevor Noah reschedules London dates AGAIN
Now he should be coming in September 2021
18/08/2020 … Trevor Noah has been forced to reschedule his UK dates yet again.
Sky buys A Black Lady Sketch Show
Groundbreaking HBO series coming to the UK
18/08/2020 … A Black Lady Sketch Show is coming to the UK.
Theatre reopens with a live comedy audience
...but the comedians stay at home!
18/08/2020 … A theatre is opening its doors after lockdown with a comedy show with a live audience – but absent comedians.