© Channel 4 Carrie Fisher up for an Emmy
Posthumous honour for her role in Catastrophe
13/07/2017 … Carrie Fisher has been posthumously nominated for an Emmy award for her role in Catastrophe.
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Thu 13 July 2017
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Miranda's Sarah Hadland joins Jason Manford cartoon
Daisy & Ollie launches in October
13/07/2017 … Miranda star Sarah Hadland has joined the cast of Jason Manford’s forthcoming kids’ cartoon Daisy & Ollie.
Patton is Patt-off
Oswalt cancels London and Galway dates
13/07/2017 … Patton Oswalt has cancelled his upcoming shows in Galway and London.
© TV3 Tara Flynn joins Irish Blind Date
13/07/2017 … Comedian Tara Flynn is to provide the voiceover when Ireland makes its own version of Blind Date.
Wed 12 July 2017
Sarajevo salutes John Cleese
12/07/2017 … John Cleese is to be honoured by the Sarajevo Film Festival next month, Calling him the ‘world's living legend of comedy’, organisers are…
Dawn French writes a new book
Her first non-fiction title in nearly a decade
12/07/2017 … Dawn French is writing a new book to mark turning 60.
Tim Heidecker to make his UK debut
Cult comedy star heads to London
12/07/2017 … American comic Tim Heidecker – best known as being half of the cult double act Tim & Eric – is to make his UK debut next month.
Vir Das cancels Edinburgh run
Indian comic not coming to the Fringe
12/07/2017 … Indian comedian Vir Das has pulled out of the Edinburgh Fringe.