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Trio of NE comics win BBC development cash
26/04/2023 … Comedians Sammy Dobson, Raul Kohli and Scott Turnbull have each been awarded £1,000 to help develop new scripted projects.
2023 Other news
Wed 26 April 2023
Tue 25 April 2023
© Helen Maybanks The Shark Is Broken heads to Broadway
New York run for the comedy about the making of Jaws
25/04/2023 … The Shark Is Broken, the stage comedy set during the making of Jaws, is heading to Broadway.
© C4 Peter Davison joins The Windsors
25/04/2023 … Peter Davison has joined the cast of The Windsors Coronation special.
BBC buys Norwegian comedy Afterglow
About a woman diagnosed with cancer
25/04/2023 … The BBC has acquired Norwegian comedy drama Afterglow for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.
Fri 21 April 2023
Julian Clary wins the Bath Plug award
Handed out by the city's comedy festival
21/04/2023 … Julian Clary has been given this year’s Bath Plug Award for outstanding services to comedy.
Mon 17 April 2023
Craig Ferguson and Robert Lindsay join Bleak Expectations
West End adaptation of Radio 4 comedy
17/04/2023 … Craig Ferguson and Robert Lindsay have joined the West End version of the Dickensian Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations.
Sun 16 April 2023
© TJ Garvie Shahnee Hunter wins Deadly Funny 2023
Competition for First Nation Australians
16/04/2023 … Queensland’s Shahnee Hunter has won this year’s Deadly Funny competition for Aboriginal comedians.
Sat 15 April 2023
Mark Flynn wins Bath's new act competition
15/04/2023 … Mark Flynn has won this year’s new act competition at the Bath Comedy Festival.