Rob Delaney joins Amazon Prime thriller The Power
08/02/2021 … Rob Delaney has been cast in the new Amazon thriller The Power.
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Mon 08 February 2021
© ITV More Lingo for Adil Ray
08/02/2021 … Citizen Khan creator Adil Ray is to make a second series of his ITV game show, Lingo.
Madeleine MacMahon scoops new act title
Winner of Max Turner Prize 2021
08/02/2021 … Actor and new comedian Madeleine MacMahon has won this year’s Max Turner Prize run by London’s Cavendish Arms venue.
Thu 04 February 2021
Daliso Chaponda to judge comic fiction prize
Comedian joins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse panel
04/02/2021 … Daliso Chaponda has joined the judging panel for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
Wed 03 February 2021
Edinburgh Fringe chairman steps down
Now the hunt is on for his replacement
03/02/2021 … The chairman of the body that co-ordinates the Edinburgh Fringe is to step down at the end of next month.
Rhys Nicholson works on new Australian TV comedy
Funding for Spreadsheet, about a woman methodically plotting her sex life
03/02/2021 … Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson is working on a new comedy series about a woman who uses a database to help her sex life.
Mon 01 February 2021
BBC Studios signs up two new comedy writers
Year-long contract to work on radio shows
01/02/2021 … BBC Studios has taken on two new staff writers for comedy.
Fringe By The Sea announces its 2021 line-up
Comics confirmed for North Berwick festival
01/02/2021 … Question marks may still remain over what form this year’s Edinburgh Fringe might take… but the nearby Fringe By The Sea has announced its programme.