Ed Gamble to co-host Pointless
Comic named as one of Richard Osman's replacements
27/05/2022 … Ed Gamble is to replace Richard Osman as Alexander Armstrong’s sidekick on Pointless.
Fri 27 May 2022
Phil Butler died of a blocked artery
Inquest concludes comedian passed from natural causes at 51
27/05/2022 … Comedian Phil Butler died as a result of a blocked artery, an inquest has heard.
Thu 26 May 2022
© Channel 4 Big Boys
Review of Jack Rooke's Channel 4 comedy
26/05/2022 … In keeping with TV comedy trends, Big Boys is a thoroughly authentic story drawn from the real life of its creator – in this case comedian Jack Rooke’s…
© Steve Best Want an NFT of your favourite comedian?
Photographer Steve Best puts his portraits on the market
26/05/2022 … Stand-up and photographer Steve Best is getting into the NFT craze – selling certificates linked to his digital portraits of fellow comedians The…
Man Vs Bee trailer
26/05/2022 … Netflix has released the first trailer for Rowan Atkinson's new comedy Man vs Bee.
© BBC BBC to axe Radio 4 Extra
Home of archive comedy will no longer be a linear channel
26/05/2022 … The BBC is to close Radio 4 Extra, its home of archive audio comedy, ‘after the next few years’.
© Channel 4 The Big Breakfast to return
Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu to host four more shows for C4
26/05/2022 … Channel 4 has ordered a full series of The Big Breakfast with Mo Gilligan and AJ Odudu following a one-off revival last year.
© C4 Derry Girls: How joyful to get to see teenage girls challenging taboos just by being themselves
Analysis by Belfast-based academic Alison Garden
26/05/2022 … It’s a summer evening in Derry in 1997, the night before four teenage girls and a wee English fella get their GCSE results.