Shappi Khorsandi withdraws from book prize
'I felt my skin colour was up for an award'
06/01/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi has pulled out of a book award for ethnic minority writers because she didn’t want to be judged on her skin colour.
Fri 06 January 2017
Thu 05 January 2017
© Stuart Hogben Festival wants more Latitude
05/01/2017 … The Latitude Festival is bidding to be bigger than ever this year.
Radio 4 wants Paul Sinha to do more History Revision
05/01/2017 … RADIO 4 has ordered a third series of Paul Sinha’s History Revision, after it won the international Rose d’Or award for best radio comedy last year.
Awards for handing out awards...
WGA shortlists Ricky Gervais for Golden Globes script
05/01/2017 … Ricky Gervais has been shortlisted for a Writers’ Guild Of America award for hosting the Golden Globe Awards.
Shappi Khorsandi up for book award
For her debut novel Nina Is Not OK
05/01/2017 … Shappi Khorsandi has been longlisted for a literary award.
Wed 04 January 2017
© UKTV We Have Been Watching
04/01/2017 … Earlier today the Gold channel released some vacuous PR guff about Fawlty Towers being the favourite sitcom among comedians.
Benidorm duo star in new sitcom
Created by Early Doors and Not Going Out writers
04/01/2017 … Benidorm duo Denise Welch and Siobhan Finneran are to star in a new Radio 2 comedy.