BBC Studios boosts its audio comedy team
New producer and executive appointed
17/12/2019 … BBC Studios has appointed a new producer and executive producer to its audio comedy team.
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Tue 17 December 2019
News Quiz announces THREE new hosts
Comics take one series of the Radio 4 panel show each
17/12/2019 … The search for a permanent new presenter of the News Quiz is starting to look like a knockout tournament – as Radio 4 announced a trio of hosts for the long-running…
Sue Perkins directs her first film
An Urban Myth about Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand
17/12/2019 … Sue Perkins is directing her first film – about a controversial lesbian kiss between Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand – Chortle can reveal.
Rob Auton to launch a daily podcast
17/12/2019 … Rob Auton is to launch a daily podcast on January 1.
Mon 16 December 2019
© UKTV Gold to seek Britain’s greatest comedy character
16/12/2019 … The Gold channel has ordered a three-hour special to find Britain’s greatest comedy character.
UKTV commissioner sets up a production company
To make comedy shows in Bristol
16/12/2019 … Former UKTV commissioning editor Joe McVey has set up a new production company.
Bang goes that joke...
Comedians pen new gags for crackers handed out to shoppers
16/12/2019 … London’s Angel Comedy Club is to hand out custom-made Christmas crackers to shoppers this week, in a bid to rid the world of the bad jokes they normally contain.
© BBC Nicky Henson, Mr Johnson in Fawlty Towers, dies at 74
Esteemed actor had ' ‘long disagreement with cancer’
16/12/2019 … Nicky Henson, who played lothario Mr Johnson in Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 74.