At which London institution did Micky Flanagan once work?
16/02/2021 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Tue 16 February 2021
Whoopi Goldberg drops out of Sister Act
16/02/2021 … Whoopi Goldberg has pulled out of the London stage version of her musical Sister Act, after it was postponed for a second time.
Pancake Day...
16/02/2021 … At the cutting edge of topical comedy, The Horne Section have release a video of acute relevance for today: Pancake Day.
Sky buys The Flight Attendant
Comedy-drama with Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco
16/02/2021 … Sky has today bought the rights to The Flight Attendant, a US comedy-drama starring Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco.
© BBC 26,000 students see Joe Lycett's Shakespearean debut
Big success for online play reading service
16/02/2021 … More than 26,000 students logged on to the read through of Macbeth featuring Joe Lycett’s Shakespearean debut.
Alan Carr works on an autobiographical sitcom
...and he's seeking a youngster to play him as a child
16/02/2021 … Alan Carr is working on a sitcom based on his 1980s upbringing.
UKTV seeks scripts from 'unheard' writers
New commissions for Dave and Gold channels
16/02/2021 … The Dave and Gold TV channels are to commission a series of half-hour comedy and drama scripts from underrepresented talent across the UK.
Lost Voice Guy seeks a Geordie accent
But will Lee Ridley's act be the same if he reprogrammes his speech synthesiser
16/02/2021 … ‘Lost Voice Guy’ Lee Ridley is hoping to acquire a Geordie accent.