Jennifer Saunders to star in a Noel Coward revival
Playing batty clairvoyant Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit
22/02/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to star in a new stage production of Noel Coward’s classic comedy Blithe Spirit.
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Fri 22 February 2019
BBC series for Play That Goes Wrong team
Six half-hour episodes from Mischief Theatre
22/02/2019 … The team behind The Play That Goes Wrong are to make a six-part comedy series for BBC One.
Thu 21 February 2019
Inbetweeners duo write a comedy about Premiership footballers
...to be produced by the chairman of Liverpool FC
21/02/2019 … The creators of the Inbetweeners are to make a new BBC Two comedy based around Premier League footballers – and produced by the chairman of Liverpool…
Limmy: I was a teenage car thief
Comic reveals criminal record and his struggles with mental health in new memoirs
21/02/2019 … Limmy has revealed that he used to be a car thief.
Adam Buxton writes his first book
Tentatively titled 1st Class Bastard
21/02/2019 … Adam Buxton is writing his first book.
Romesh Ranganathan and Cariad Lloyd up for podcast gold
In the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
21/02/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan and Cariad Lloyd are up for a prestigious award for their podcast.
Wed 20 February 2019
Paul Feig to address Edinburgh TV Festival
Director of Bridesmaids, The Office and more
20/02/2019 … Bridesmaids director Paul Feig is to give a keynote speech at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival.
Eddie Izzard joins Dr Seuss animation
As an evil corporate overlord in Netflix's Green Eggs and Ham
20/02/2019 … Eddie Izzard is to play a tiny, evil corporate overlord in a new animated series based on Dr.