Win Tim Minchin's Upright on DVD
27/11/2020 … Tim Minchin’s comedy drama Upright has been released on DVD this week – and we have six copies to give away.
Fri 27 November 2020
Grace Mulvey wins BBC's £5,500 comedy bursary
Awarded in honour of Galton & Simpson to develop a new script
27/11/2020 … Irish comedian Grace Mulvey has won the BBC’s first £5,500 Galton & Simpson bursary for comedy writing.
Merry Christmas, Baked Potato by Matt Lucas
Comic releases a festive charity song
27/11/2020 … Matt Lucas has released a charity Christmas song.
BBC raps Jack Whitehall over dwarf jokes
...but clears Fin Taylor for 'bomb Glastonbury' gag
27/11/2020 … The BBC has censured Jack Whitehall for jokes he made about a dwarf on Live At The Apollo.
Thu 26 November 2020
Rishi Sunak’s Black Friday Christmas Song
26/11/2020 … Spitting Image has released a Christmas song about Rishi Sunak.
Channel 4 commissions Jack Rooke's sitcom
Big Boys to star Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing
26/11/2020 … Derry Girls actor Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing from Plebs are to star in a new Channel 4 comedy series created by comedian Jack Rooke.
Belushi
26/11/2020 … The popular image of John Belushi is of a wild, unruly performer – not too far from his Animal House fratboy persona – who lived fast and died young,…
Word Play Airport
26/11/2020 … Irish sketch outfit Foil Arms and Hog beat even Airplane! for the sheer number of cheesy airport-based puns crammed into a short scene in their latest video.