Royal Mail announces black postboxes
...and Munya Chawawa mocks them
01/10/2020 … Comedian Munya Chawawa mocks Royal Mail’s decision to paint four of its 100,000 post boxes black to mark Black History Month in his latest video.
Thu 01 October 2020
Radio 4 orders another comedy series from Chris Neill
01/10/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned a new stand-up series from Chris Neill following the success of his show Woof.
© BBC/Channel X CBBC comedy star Archie Lyndhurst dies at 19
So Awkward actor was Nicholas Lyndhurst's son
01/10/2020 … Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst and star of the CBBC comedy show So Awkward, has died at the age of 19.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Olivia Colman seeks comedy scripts
Her production company launches new writing competition
01/10/2020 … Olivia Colman’s production company is launching a comedy script competition for writer-performers.
Daniel Sloss recalls his American TV debut on Conan
01/10/2020 … Daniel Sloss describes how he put together his first set for the Conan show in this new video.
© BBC Could Netflix revive Maid Marian and Her Merry Men?
Tony Robinson in talks with streaming giant
01/10/2020 … Sir Tony Robinson has been in talks with streaming giant Netflix to reboot classic 1990s kids’ comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
Wed 30 September 2020
© Steve Ullathorne 'Harold Wilson gave me a DIY book
Hugh Dennis's odd childhood prize...
30/09/2020 … Harold Wilson once gave a teenage Hugh Dennis a copy of the Readers’ Digest Book Of Home Improvement.
Belushi trailer
New documentary for America's Showtime network
30/09/2020 … A new trailer has been released for a new feature-length documentary about John Belushi.