Radio 4 orders sketch series The Nether Regions
From Andrew Marshall and Red Dwarf 's Rob Grant
15/10/2021 … Radio 4 has commissioned a full series of its sketch show The Nether Regions following a successful pilot last year.
Fri 15 October 2021
Hannah Gadsby slates Netflix
Comic turns on the platform over 'hate speech dog whistling' in Dave Chappelle's special
15/10/2021 … Hannah Gadsby has attacked Netflix boss Ted Sarandos over the ‘hate speech dog whistling’ content of Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special.
© Jaimie Gramston 'This is an accent, not a speech impediment!’
Billy Connolly's frustration at his dictation software
15/10/2021 … Billy Connolly has told of his troubles writing his new autobiography – because the dictation software he uses cannot understand his Glaswegian accent, The…
Spitting Image Halloween special to air on ITV
Puppet satire's second one-off special for terrestrial TV
15/10/2021 … Spitting Image is to return to ITV for a one-off Halloween special.
Simon Day revives Dave Angel
Eco-warrior back for Utilita Energy ad campaign
15/10/2021 … Simon Day’s ‘eco warrior’ creation Dave Angel is making a comeback for a new advertising campaign about saving energy.
Thu 14 October 2021
© Matt Stronge Comedy clubs step up to the West End
New project to promote live stand-up
14/10/2021 … Four comedy clubs are moving to London’s West End, each for one night only, in a bid to boost their post-lockdown finances.
© BBC The one line Malcolm Tucker wasn't allowed to say...
As Armando Iannucci once recalled
14/10/2021 … A timely story from The Thick Of It comes courtesy of the Popbitch newsletter tonight.
© Yoshitaka Kono Kae Kurd to host Edinburgh TV awards
...which will honour Killing Eve's Jodie Comer
14/10/2021 … Kae Kurd is to host this year’s Edinburgh TV Awards, it has been announced.