Amazon Prime commits to 20 new UK stand-up specials
Soho Theatre deal also includes 11 shows from the back catalogue
19/11/2020 … Twenty new stand-up specials are to be filmed for Amazon Prime Video, under a new deal with Soho Theatre.
Thu 19 November 2020
Joe Lycett directs his first music video
Uh-Huh from singer/songwriter Litany
19/11/2020 … Joe Lycett has directed his first music video.
© C4 Mae Martin's Feel Good scoops best comedy gong
Mo Gilligan also triumphs at Edinburgh TV award
19/11/2020 … Mae Martin’s Feel Good was named best comedy series at the Edinburgh TV awards last night.
Wed 18 November 2020
Trevor Noah apologises over Room Next Door style sketch
As Michel Spicer credits his comedy career to the Dalai Lama
18/11/2020 … Trevor Noah has apologised to Michael Spicer for using his ‘Room Next Door’ idea on the The Daily Show – but nevertheless kept the sketch online.
© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien 'I read poetry and punch the air'
Frank Skinner on his love of verse
18/11/2020 … Frank Skinner may be a huge fan of poetry – but he doesn’t want to write it.
It's Desperate Dom!
Cummings immortalised in The Beano
18/11/2020 … Sir Thomas Moore, Marcus Rashford and Dominic Cummings have been immortalised in the first ever Beano comic written specifically for…
Tim Renkow hailed as a Bafta Breakthrough
Along with Home star Youssef Kerkour
18/11/2020 … Comic Tim Renkow and Home star Youssef Kerkour have been named among Bafta’s breakout talents of 2020.
© Steve Ullathorne Book and screen deal for comic and psychiatrist Benji Waterhouse
The next This Is Going To Hurt?
18/11/2020 … Comedian Benji Waterhouse has signed a book, TV and film deal for his memoirs about being a junior psychiatrist.