© BBC Producer John Lloyd recalls the satire's uneasy birth
06/12/2019 … Victoria Wood was asked to be a member of the Not The Nine O’Clock News team, its producer John Lloyd has revealed.
Top names in 2020 British Library line-up
06/12/2019 … Adam Kay, Mark Thomas, Jenny Eclair, Arthur Smith, Robin Ince and Josie Long are just some of the writers taking part in the next Chortle Comedy Book Festival.
Sean Cox brutally attacked on the way to a match
06/12/2019 … John Bishop has announced a star-studded comedy benefit for a Liverpool football fan left severely injured after a horrific attack outside Anfield.
New awards for those trying to change the world with comedy
05/12/2019 … A Belgian TV show featuring disabled people and a German campaign against taxes on sanitary products have won the first Finger Awards, created to honour comedy projects…
© BBC American remake for BBC Three comedy
05/12/2019 … This Country is being lined up for a US remake with Bridesmaids and Last Christmas director Paul Feig at the helm.
05/12/2019 … A mental health chat show fronted by Maria Bamford and a sitcom from British improvisers Graham Dickson and Liz Kingsman have been commissioned by a new US streaming…
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian Duo developing new comedy ideas
05/12/2019 … Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton have signed an exclusive deal with the BBC’s independent programme-making arm.
With Steve Coogan, David Mitchell – and Jessica Fostekew
05/12/2019 … A new trailer has been released for Greed, the movie in which Steve Coogan plays a self-made British retail billionaire said to be based on TopShop's Sir Philip…
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