Mangan to host fake news panel show
...as C4 airs Simon Brodkin doco
19/01/2017 … Channel 4’s one-off fake news panel show is to be hosted by Stephen Mangan and form part of a week of programmes on the topic.
Thu 19 January 2017
Wed 18 January 2017
Tim Minchin's protest could be song of the year
Shortlisted for Aussie accolade
18/01/2017 … A track Tim Minchin wrote about a Catholic cardinal at the centre of a paedophilia scandal has been shortlisted for Australia’s song of the year.
Official: Will and Grace IS returning
18/01/2017 … Will & Grace is returning for ten more episodes, it has officially been confirmed.
Pay your comedians, union tells promoters
Equity targets exploitative open mic and 'play-to-play' nights
18/01/2017 … Performers’ union Equity is trying to clamp down on comedy gigs that don’t pay their acts.
John Bishop to keep talking...
W orders two more series of In Conversation With
18/01/2017 … John Bishop’s chat show In Conversation With… has been commissioned for two new series.