Comedy returns to the home of the Comic Strip
As Soho strip club is replaced by a new theatre
19/06/2019 … Comedy is returning to the London venue that was once home to the groundbreaking Comic Strip troupe.
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Wed 19 June 2019
This Country duo write their first book
..in the guise of a fake parish newsletter.
19/06/2019 … This Country siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are to write their first book.
Ricky Gervais returns to Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Jerry Seinfeld's guests also include Eddie Murphy
19/06/2019 … Ricky Gervais and Eddie Murphy are among the guests chatting to Jerry Seinfeld in the next series of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Tue 18 June 2019
© Nobby Clark First images of Jennifer Saunders in Blithe Spirit
New production of Noel Coward classic
18/06/2019 … Here are the first images of Jennifer Saunders in the new stage production of Blithe Spirit.
New sitcom from Clare In The Community writers
...about a Scottish tour guide
18/06/2019 … The writers of Radio 4’s long-running sitcom Clare In The Community have created a new comedy for the station.
Leicester Comedy Festival chief joins Union Jack radio
Geoff Rowe will seek out new comic talent
18/06/2019 … Digital radio station Union Jack has appointed Leicester Comedy Festival chief Geoff Rowe as its first director of comedy.
ITV vows to end the all-male comedy writing room
Comedy chief's bid to tackle gender imbalance
18/06/2019 … ITV will no longer commission comedy shows with all-male writers' rooms.
Mon 17 June 2019
Famalam gets a third series
Plus a Christmas special for BBC's black-led sketch show
17/06/2019 … BBC Three sketch show Famalam is to return for a third series and a one-off Christmas special.