A tight 5: January 5

RADIO 4 has ordered a third series of Paul Sinha’s History Revision, after it won the international Rose d’Or award for best radio comedy last year. Click here to be in the studio audience for the recordings in February and March,

KEVIN BRIDGES says he’ll be announcing a new tour ‘soon’. After his stand-up show A Whole Different Story aired on BBC Two over the new year, the comic tweeted: ‘Cheers for all the comments. New tour will be announced soon…’

FLEABAG’s shower scene, the disastrous Paris trip in Catastrophe, and Alex Brooker telling the Last Laugh audience why Paralympian Alex Zanardi is his hero are among the ten most memorable TV moments of last year, according to trade magazine Broadcast.

JENNA FRIEDMAN is to release her stand-up show American Cunt – which she brought to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2015 – as an album on January 20, Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day.

EDINBURGH’S festivals are to receive an extra £300,000 from the Scottish government to mark their 70th anniversary. The new cash brings the total support to £2.3million, although it has not been announced what proportion of that figure will boost the Fringe.

Published: 5 Jan 2017