Ardal O'Hanlon writes a new novel
...a mere 22 years after the last
20/05/2020 … Ardal O’Hanlon is writing a new book – 22 years after his last.
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Wed 20 May 2020
Armstrong and Miller reunite to revive their podcast
20/05/2020 … Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller have reunited to relaunch a comedy podcast.
Second series for Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Josh Thomas comedy returns next year
20/05/2020 … Australian comedian Josh Thomas is to make a second series of his comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.
Tue 19 May 2020
John Cleese writes a book on creativity
Comic argues it's a skill anyone can acquire
19/05/2020 … John Cleese has written a short guide to creativity, to be published this autumn.
Charlie Brooker to host Have I Got News For You
After the success of Antiviral Wipe
19/05/2020 … Charlie Brooker is to host this week's Have I Got News For You, makers Hat Trick productions have announced.
Top of the pods...
Comedians up for British Podcast Awards
19/05/2020 … Richard Herring; Ed Gamble and James Acaster; Chris and Rosie Ramsey; the Kurupt FM crew; Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine; and Elis James and John Robins are among…
When George Formby told off his writers for being too rude
Letter goes under the hammer in major memorabilia auction
19/05/2020 … George Formby may be known for his risqué double entendres – but he once had to warn his writers about for supplying ‘too much sex’…
Mon 18 May 2020
Antisemitic... or just stupid playground insults?
Row after Stewart Lee mocks Tom Tugendhat's surname
18/05/2020 … Stewart Lee has been accused of antisemitism after mocking the surname of Tory MP Tom Tugendhat.