Spa is just the tonic...
Comedy club expands into Midlands town
15/01/2020 … Just The Tonic comedy club is launching a new venture in Leamington Spa.
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Wed 15 January 2020
© BBC/Zeppotron BBC renews The Ranganation
15/01/2020 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The Ranganation.
From Mrs Brown's Boys to the Arab-Israeli conflict
Brendan O’Carroll pilots a peacekeepers' comedy for BBC One
15/01/2020 … As the creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys, he is not known for the most subtle of comic touches.
Tue 14 January 2020
US remake of People Just Do Nothing is axed
Amazon decides not to make the series
14/01/2020 … The American remake of People Just Do Nothing has been axed.
Dapper Laughs is doing Time
(It's a new stage play in London)
14/01/2020 … Controversial comedian Dapper Laughs is becoming an actor.
A write honour...
Sandi Toksvig fronts Channel 4 literary series
14/01/2020 … Sandi Toksvig is to front an ‘empowering and uplifting’ two-part series about illiteracy.
Channel 4 buys Duncanville
New animation from Amy Poehler and Simpsons writers
14/01/2020 … Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the new US animated comedy Duncanville, co-created by Amy Poehler.
Celia Pacquola joins Dancing With The Stars
Comic to take part in Australia's version of Strictly
14/01/2020 … Comedian Celia Pacquola is to take part in the next series of Dancing With The Stars, Australia’s version of Strictly Come Dancing.