© Comedy Central Jimmy Carr to headline socially distanced gigs
Other comics lined up for Popup Picnics, too
16/07/2020 … Jimmy Carr is to headline the socially-distanced Popup Picnics this summer, it has been announced.
Thu 16 July 2020
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The Muppets video call
Trailer for Muppets Now on Disney+
16/07/2020 … Disney has released a new trailer for the new Muppets Now series, featuring the characters in a Zoom meeting.
© Dave Morris / Monkeywing/CC BY-SA 2.0 More drive-in gigs hit the skids
Low ticket sales and new lockdown fears blamed
16/07/2020 … Organisers have pulled the plug on a second raft of drive-in comedy ventures, blaming insufficient ticket sales.
Urzila Carlson joins The Masked Singer Australia
16/07/2020 … New Zealand based comedian Urzila Carlson has joined the judging panel of The Masked Singer in Australia.
Wed 15 July 2020
Drive-In gigs stall
Comedy Store shows cancelled over local lockdown fears
15/07/2020 … A nationwide series of Comedy Store drive-in gigs has been cancelled over fears of further coronavirus flare-ups.
If I Could Change My Body.
15/07/2020 … Musical comedy duo Flo & Joan have released a new song, If I Could Change My Body.
‘Hope has so much to do with writing'
Phoebe Waller-Bridge reveals the inside story of Fleabag
15/07/2020 … Fleabag has won countless plaudits for its razor-sharp writing, with every line bursting with wit and honesty.
© Cave Bear/Tiger Aspect The Other One heads to America
US streaming deal for BBC One comedy
15/07/2020 … BBC One comedy The Other One is to air in America.