Rachel Parris writes a Pride & Prejudice sequel
Austen-inspired novel is comedian's first
13/03/2025 … Rachel Parris has written a sequel to Pride And Prejudice, imagining what happens to Charlotte Lucas after she marries the ‘odious’ Mr Collins.
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Thu 13 March 2025
Rob Brydon to go on a 'Honky Tonk Road Trip'
Comic to explore the roots of country music
13/03/2025 … He famously sang Islands In The Stream as Bryn in Gavin and Stacey – now Rob Brydon is to host a documentary about the origins of country music and its…
Wed 12 March 2025
Chortle Student Comedy Award 2025: London semi-finalists
Watch extracts from their sets
12/03/2025 … Here are the acts who took part in the two London semi-finals of the Chortle Student Comedy Award held at the Museum of Comedy on Sunday.
Trailer for The Change series two
Bridget Christie’s comedy returns
12/03/2025 … Channel 4 has released the trailer for series two of Bridget Christie’s comedy hit, The Change.
© BBC Goodnight Sweetheart 'could become a play'
Writer Maurice Gran working on a theatre version
12/03/2025 … Goodnight Sweetheart co-creator Maurice Gran says he is working on a stage play based on the hit 1990s time-travel comedy.
First images from Deep Cover
Bryce Dallas-Howard, Orlando Bloom and Nick Mohammed as improvisers who go undercover
12/03/2025 … Here are the first images from Deep Cover, the new comedy starring Jurassic World’s Bryce Dallas-Howard, as an aspiring comedian teaching improv classes…
Pierre Novellie uses food as a reward
12/03/2025 … Here’s Pierre Novellie talking about how he puts on weight because he uses food as a reward.
'You go from being a person to being treated like nothing'
Comedian Louis Utieyin on his soul-destroying job... and how it informed his new film role
12/03/2025 … When Louis Utieyin moved to Scotland to study, he took a job in a fulfilment centre to make ends meet.