Gold announces three new comedies
Including new show from Porridge creators
28/05/2015 … UKTV's Gold channel has announced three new comedy commissions – moving away from repackaged archive shows.
Thu 28 May 2015
Wed 27 May 2015
Dave Chappelle to make UK debut
First London solo shows announced
27/05/2015 … Dave Chappelle is coming to London to perform his first ever full show in the UK.
Radio 4 orders heart attack comedy
Carey Marx adapts his stand-up show
27/05/2015 … Carey Marx is to adapt the stand-up show he wrote about his heart attack into a Radio 4 programme.
Album: Burnsy vs Brendon
27/05/2015 … Now re-released on vinyl more than a decade on, this is the Edinburgh show that got Brendon Burns properly noticed by the comedy world – and marked the start…
Nina Conti pilots a chat show
...despite fearing it'll be 'shit'
27/05/2015 … Nina Conti is recording a chat show pilot with her puppets interviewing celebrities, despite worrying that it will be 'shit'.
Noel Fielding cancels New York shows
'Unforeseen scheduling conflicts' blamed
27/05/2015 … Noel Fielding has been forced to cancel his sold-out week of performances in New York with less than two weeks’ notice.