© Alan Cassé A plug for Arthur Smith
Comic hailed by Bath Comedy Festival
12/04/2019 … Arthur Smith has been presented with the fifth annual Bath Plug Award for significant achievement or contribution to comedy.
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Fri 12 April 2019
© Alan Cassé Thu 11 April 2019
Rachel Bloom announces London gigs
UK debut for My Crazy Ex Girlfriend star
11/04/2019 … Rachel Bloom, who created and starred in the US TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has announced her first headlining UK dates.
Radio 4 reveals its next Stand-Up Sundays
Air dates for six comedy specials
11/04/2019 … Radio 4 have revealed the full line-up for its next series of Stand-up Sunday half-hour specials.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian How Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton once tried to revive Hammer House Of Horror
But their plans came to naught...
11/04/2019 … Inside No 9 duo Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton made advanced plans to revive 1980s anthology series Hammer House Of Horror for TV – but the idea…
© BBC BBC launches Threesomes to nurture new comedy talent
11/04/2019 … The BBC has launched a new series of comedy shorts, designed as a seeding ground for new comedy talent.
© BBC/Fudge Park Enterprice gets a second series
Wheeler-dealers to return to BBC Three
11/04/2019 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Enterprice, its comedy about two South London brothers trying to get a delivery business off the ground.
BBC chief plans a 'Bafta for comedy'
Shane Allen wants a new body to promote the genre
11/04/2019 … The BBC’s comedy chief is proposing an industry-wide initiative to promote the genre and find the next wave of stars.
Barry gets a third series
More episodes for Bill Hader's US hitman comedy
11/04/2019 … HBO has ordered a third season of Barry, its comedy about a hitman who gets involved in the acting world while on a job in Los Angeles.