BBC announces Scot Squad spin-off
As part of a new batch of iPlayer comedy shorts
29/04/2019 … BBC Scotland has ordered four series of comedy shorts for the iPlayer – including a Scot Squad spin-off.
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Mon 29 April 2019
Rob Beckett to host new BBC One gameshow
Head Hunter to run daily across six weeks
29/04/2019 … Rob Beckett is to host a new BBC daytime quiz show, Head Hunters.
Sun 28 April 2019
Bafta for This Country duo
Cooper siblings scoop writing gong
28/04/2019 … Siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper have won a Bafta for writing This Country.
Comedians complete the London marathon
28/04/2019 … Several comedians have completed today’s London Marathon.
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The best of the week's live comedy
28/04/2019 … The week's best live comedy.
Lucy Porter kicks off a new Radio 4 stand-up series
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
28/04/2019 … The comedy week ahead on TV and radio.
Wallace & Gromit pioneer high-tech 'experience'
Virtual reality project coming next year
28/04/2019 … The makers of Wallace and Gromit are planning to launch a new high-tech ‘experience’ where fans can immerse themselves in the character’s…
Lucille Ball archive to be preserved
America's National Comedy Center digitises the collection
28/04/2019 … Lucille Ball’s entire archive is to be digitised by America’s National Comedy Center – a museum in her hometown of Jamestown, New York.