Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss reunited
...in a new play written by Steven Moffat
13/02/2020 … Reece Shearsmith is to be reunited with his League of Gentlemen co-star Mark Gatiss in a new play.
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Thu 13 February 2020
© Edwardx/Catherine Harbour/CC BY-SA 4.0 Slowthai apologies for his lecherous advances on Katherine Ryan
Comic laughs off NME awards controversy
13/02/2020 … Rapper Slowthai has apologised for his ‘shameful’ actions towards Katherine Ryan at the NME awards last night.
© Steve Ullathorne Filming starts on Sophie Willan's sitcom pilot Alma’s Not Normal
13/02/2020 … Filming has started on the new BBC Two comedy pilot, Alma’s Not Normal, created by comedian Sophie Willan.
Simon Amstell joins Latitude
Festivals announces more comedy acts
13/02/2020 … Simon Amstell has been announced as one of the stand-up headlines for this year’s Latitude festival.
© BBC Guess what? Fleabag's up for MORE awards
Broadcasting Press Guild nominees out
13/02/2020 … Fleabag looks set to add to its huge awards tally after being shortlisted in three categories of the annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Wed 12 February 2020
Katherine Ryan to play Joan Rivers
Sky unveils its next batch of Urban Myths
12/02/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to play her comedy heroine Joan Rivers in the new series of Sky’s Urban Myths, She has been cast opposite Jessica Barden from The End…
Greg Davies to star in psychotherapist comedy
12/02/2020 … Greg Davies is to star as a demotivated small-time psychotherapist in a new comedy.
Sky gets more Intelligence
Second series for David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed comedy
12/02/2020 … Sky has ordered a second series of David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed’s new comedy Intelligence, more than a week before the show starts.