Female-led Up Pompeii! back on the cards
23/06/2021 … A reboot of Up Pompeii! with a female lead is still on the cards, its writer has revealed.
Wed 23 June 2021
Lynn Ruth Miller to record a Radio 4 stand-up special.. at 87
BBC's relentless pursuit of the youth market continues!
23/06/2021 … Lynn Ruth Miller is to record her first Radio 4 stand-up special … at the age of 87.
Off Menu goes live
Royal Festival Hall gig for Ed Gamble and James Acaster
23/06/2021 … Ed Gamble and James Acaster’s Off Menu podcast is to make its live debut at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
© Rumpus Media Romesh Ranganathan turns detective
Comedian's new true crime series to probe celebrity deaths
23/06/2021 … Romesh Ranganathan is to investigate celebrity deaths in a new three-part series for BBC Two.
Tue 22 June 2021
© HFPA Tuesday Trivia Quiz: Ricky Gervais at 60
As the comic hits the milestone birthday, how much do you know about him?
22/06/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
© First Minister Of Scotland Scotland's lockdown extended
...but could that be good news for the Edinburgh Fringe?
22/06/2021 … Nicola Sturgeon has announced an extension of Scotland’s lockdown measures, in a short-term blow to venues north of the border.
Rob Delaney to voice Sexy Beasts dating show
BBC Three series revived Netflix
22/06/2021 … Netflix is to remake off-the-wall BBC dating show Sexy Beasts, with Catastrophe’s Rob Delaney providing the voiceover.
© Abi Skipp/CC BY-SA 2.0 So You Think You’re Funny? final WILL take place live
A rare Edinburgh Fringe gig... as semis go virtual
22/06/2021 … The final of year’s So You Think You’re Funny? talent hunt WILL take place live, during what remains of the Edinburgh Fringe.