Richard Ayoade to host the Baftas again
With Gbemisola Ikumelo fronting the craft awards
20/04/2021 … Richard Ayoade is to host the Bafta TV awards for a second year.
Tue 20 April 2021
Victoria Wood’s unseen sketches to be published
'They feel like comedy’s Dead Sea Scrolls'
20/04/2021 … Eighty of Victoria Wood’s previously unseen scripts are to be released this autumn.
Underbelly announces a new London festival
The upside-down purple cow is back
20/04/2021 … Underbelly has announced a second London pop-up venue this summer, featuring its familiar upside-down purple cow.
Mon 19 April 2021
How Covid has decimated comedy
...and it's not expected to end soon, new survey reveals
19/04/2021 … Half of people working in comedy have lost 50 per cent or more of their income in the last year.
Rob Beckett writes his memoirs
Comedian has a 'productive lockdown'
19/04/2021 … Rob Beckett has joined the long line of comedians publishing a memoir this year.
© Big Deal Films Dreaming Whilst Black pilot
Review of BBC Three's latest comedy try-out
19/04/2021 … The BBC’s iPlayer blurb for Dreaming Whilst Black manages not to mention the entire reason the show exists – or what makes it so funny.
© Free-Photos/Pixabay Comedians are 'the worst in bed'
'They're in desperate need of validation'
19/04/2021 … Comedians have been dubbed the worst type of celebrities to spend the night with.
Radio 4 confirms air date for Jamie MacDonald stand-up series
Life On The Blink starts next month
19/04/2021 … Radio 4 has confirmed an air date for Jamie MacDonald’s new stand-up show, Life On The Blink.