Radio 2 show for The Delightful Sausage
Broadcaster announces comedy pilots
18/12/2020 … Sketch duo The Delightful Sausage are making a Radio 2 pilot.
Fri 18 December 2020
If Scrooge was a stand-up
18/12/2020 … Quote of the week ‘To all critics of stand-up comedy: do you understand that when your piece comes out, we’ve already left town – with the money’…
I earn £15,000 to end other people's relationships
18/12/2020 … Meet Samantha, a woman who will dump your partner, so you don’t have to.
A Big Fat oversight
Channel 4 books no female comics for its year-end quiz
18/12/2020 … Channel 4 has been criticised for including no female comedians in its Big Fat Quiz Of The Year.
© C4 Aisling Bea joins BBC Two's Cinderella cast
Tom Davis, David Walliams and Rosie Jones too
18/12/2020 … Aisling Bea, Tom Davis and David Walliams have joined the cast of the BBC’s virtual pantomime Cinderella.
© ITV BBC Studios appoints new comedy producer
Pete Strauss joins from indie Spirit Media
18/12/2020 … The BBC’s programme-making arm has appointed a new comedy producer to develop new formats and podcasts.
Who's in the punning to win the title?
Leicester Comedy Festival announces wordplay finalists
18/12/2020 … Leicester Comedy Festival has announced the contestants for its annual UK Pun Championship.
Thu 17 December 2020
Who's in Taskmaster series 11
Contestants revealed as series 10 winner crowned
17/12/2020 … The line-up has been revealed for the next series of Taskmaster.