Studios arm to develop and produce their programme ideas
30/06/2021 … BBC Studios has signed a major deal with comedians, Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet to develop, produce and distribute any future shows they come up with.
© Damian Bennett ...including the first in Scotland
30/06/2021 … Tim Minchin has added six more dates to his UK tour this autumn, including the first in Scotland.
New retrospective series for Gold
30/06/2021 … Billy Connolly is to front a new series for the Gold channel, celebrating his 50-year stand-up career.
Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen talk to Melyvn Bragg
29/06/2021 … The Pin – aka Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen - feature in this week’s South Bank Show, after being named the breakthrough comedy act in the arts programme’s…
© BBC Studios And with John Finnemore joining as co-writer
29/06/2021 … Michael Sheen and David Tennant are returning for a second series of the fantasy comedy-drama Good Omens.
Couple draw on their Sh**ged Married Annoyed podcast for talk-show pilot
29/06/2021 … Chris & Rosie Ramsey are piloting a new late-night comedy chat show.
29/06/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
As festival puts all its 2021 programming online for free
29/06/2021 … Dave Chappelle is to be named Comedy Person of the Year by Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
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