Confirmed: Ricky Gervais’s new show
09/05/2018 … Netflix has officially confirmed Ricky Gervais’s new series, After Life.
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Wed 09 May 2018
Terry Gilliam admitted to hospital
Star, 77, may have suffered a stroke, reports say
09/05/2018 … Terry Gilliam has been admitted to hospital.
Comedy circuit rallies after stand-up suffers heart attack
Vince Atta blames health scare on 'being a typical lazy comedian'
09/05/2018 … Comedians have rushed to raise money for fellow stand-up Vince Atta after he suffered a heart attack.
NBC picks up Aisling Bea's comedy
09/05/2018 … Aisling Bea’s American TV show has been picked up for a series.
Plebs star Joel Fry joins Richard Curtis's new movie
With Sophia Di Martino from Flowers and Harry Michell from Chubby Funny
09/05/2018 … Former Plebs star Joel Fry has joined the cast of Richard Curtis’s new comedy movie.
Tue 08 May 2018
Mel Brooks announces London Q&A
Along with screening of Blazing Saddles
08/05/2018 … Mel Brooks is to return to London for a new Q&A.
Dave Johns starts shooting his next film
About the Cornish fishermen who became musical stars
08/05/2018 … Dave Johns has started filming his next film, a comedy set in a small angling community called Fisherman’s Friends.
© BBC 4.4million see Peter Kay's Car Share
...as gag criticised as 'transphobic'
08/05/2018 … The improvised episode of Peter Kay’s Car Share attracted 4.