© BBC Luisa Omielan gets topical for the BBC, bitches
Corporation announces a raft of new satires
26/05/2017 … Luisa Omielan has landed her first BBC series – a topical show called Politics For Bitches.
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Fri 26 May 2017
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First look at Richard Ayoade on The Crystal Maze
26/05/2017 … Here is the first image of Richard Ayoade on the set of The Crystal Maze.
Cast announced for Jack Whitehall's Bounty Hunters
Including Robert Lindsay and Doc Brown
26/05/2017 … The full cast has been announced for Jack Whitehall’s new action-comedy drama, Bounty Hunter.
Thu 25 May 2017
HBO renews Veep and Silicon Valley
25/05/2017 … Veep and Silicon Valley have both been renewed for an extra season The shows end their sixth and fourth seasons respectively on June 25 - but broadcaster HBO…
The Great British Joke-Off
Tom Allen hosts new panel show pilot
25/05/2017 … Tom Allen is hosting the pilot of a pared-back panel show that focusses only on jokes.
Revealed: Who's on Chortle's Fast Fringe
So many comedians, so little time
25/05/2017 … Chortle can today unveil the line-up for this year’s London Fast Fringe – showcasing 28 Edinburgh-bound acts in bite-size chunks.
© Comedy Central How Jimmy Carr missed out on a movie role
He was nearly in Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think Twice
25/05/2017 … Jimmy Carr almost had a role in the American film Don’t Think Twice - but was cut before the movie was shot.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd becomes patron of Shakespeare North
Project to build Elizabethan-style theatre
25/05/2017 … Sir Ken Dodd has become a patron of Shakespeare North.