BBC seeks new comedy shorts
Up to 20 Life Lessons sketches to be commissioned
17/12/2020 … The BBC has revealed more details of its Laugh Lessons initiative to make more short comedy films.
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Just For Laughs founder acquitted of rape
'It's a dark day' says the woman who brought charges
16/12/2020 … Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, has been acquitted of rape and indecent assault.
Russell Howard to be the first UK comic let back into New Zealand
Two weeks of quarantine before gigs
16/12/2020 … Russell Howard is to become the first Northern hemisphere comedian to play New Zealand since lockdown.
Scumbag no more!
Adrian Edmondson takes part in University Challenge... for real
16/12/2020 … What a difference 36 years makes! In 1984 Adrian Edmondson appeared on a fictional version of University Challenge as Vyvyan, representing Scumbag College alongside…
London Hughes, Hollywood star
Comic working on semi-autobiographical film Hot Mess
16/12/2020 … London Hughes is set to star in her first Hollywood comedy film, loosely based on her own life.
Stath Lets Flats gets a US remake
'Bren Rents' being developed for Fox
16/12/2020 … Jamie Demetriou is working on an American remake of Stath Lets Flats.
Trailer for Disenchantment Part 3
As Richard Ayoade joins the cast
16/12/2020 … Netflix has released a trailer for the third series of its animated comedy Disenchatment.
From Hooky Street to the High Court
Estate of Del Boy's creator sues tribute show
16/12/2020 … The copyright battle over a ‘hooky’ dining show based on Only Fools And Horses has made it to the High Court.