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Sat 16 March 2019
How Funny Way To Be used TicketSource to grow their successful comedy club
16/03/2019 … Barnard Castle in Teesdale, population 5,500, may be an unlikely stop-off point for the biggest names in stand-up.
Fri 15 March 2019
Mortimer and Whitehouse land a TV award
Derry Girls and Romesh Ranganathan also honoured by Broadcasting Press Guild
15/03/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan, Derry Girls and Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have been named winners at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards today.
C4 seeks new comedy talent
15/03/2019 … Channel 4 is seeking makers of short-form comedy to be published on its social media channels – as it also doubles the budget for its Comedy Blaps strand.
Sindhu Vee extends tour
15/03/2019 … Sindhu Vee has announced an extension of her debut tour, Sandog.
Richard Herring takes RHLSTP on the road
15/03/2019 … Richard Herring has announced that his Leicester Square Theatre Podcast is to go on tour this autumn.
BBC to adapt Alexei Sayle's memoirs for TV
15/03/2019 … Alexei Sayle’s memoirs are being adapted for a BBC TV series, Chortle can reveal.
Who's in series 3 of Sky's Urban Myths?
Broadcaster reveals stories from Donald Trump to Kenny Everett
15/03/2019 … Sky has announced the full-line up for the third series of its Urban Myths, fictionalising peculiar stories from culture and entertainment.