© BBC Francesca Martinez's first play hits the National
About similar themes to her powerful Question Time speech
14/06/2019 … Francesca Martinez’s first play is to premiere at the National Theatre next year.
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© C4 Another award for Derry Girls
C4 show named best comedy in industry awards
14/06/2019 … Derry Girls has been named best comedy in this year’s Televisual Bulldog Awards.
Thu 13 June 2019
© Mark Dawson Photography Radio Wales show for Matt Rees
About his battles with alcoholism
13/06/2019 … Matt Rees has recorded a stand-up special for BBC Radio Wales about his battles with alcoholism.
© Shiny Button/Ollie Upton Exclusive: BBC One orders King Gary series
Tom Davis's comedy picked up after a successful pilot
13/06/2019 … BBC One have picked up Tom Davis's sitcom King Gary for a series, Chortle can reveal.
'Return to sender': Fans attend Freddie Starr's funeral
...but celebrity mourners are thin on the ground
13/06/2019 … A small crowd of mourners gathered outside the Merseyside where Freddie Starr was laid to rest this afternoon.
© C4 First look at Aisling Bea in This Way Up
As Kadiff Kirwan and Ricky Grover join the cast of C4 comedy
13/06/2019 … Here is the first look of Aisling Bea in her new Channel 4 comedy This Way Up.
© Rob Brydon/Twitter Filming starts on The Trip To Greece
Rob Brydon tweets a picture of himself and Steve Coogan
13/06/2019 … Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan have begun filming The Trip To Greece.
Two Pints Of Lager set for a comeback
Writer and star working on a special
13/06/2019 … It was almost universally panned by critics in the decade it was on air – yet consistently found an audience.