Jim Tavare out of intensive care
Comic slowly on the mend after horrific crash
16/03/2017 … Jim Tavare has moved out of intensive care, 15 days after the car crash that left him badly injured.
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Thu 16 March 2017
Radio 4 wants more Shush!
16/03/2017 … RADIO 4 has commissioned a second series of Shush!, the library-based sitcom written by and starring Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front.
Wed 15 March 2017
Channel 5 launches topical stand-up show
Hosted by Ian Stone with top circuit names
15/03/2017 … Channel 5 is to make a weekly topical stand-up show for its digital channel My5.
Julian wins an award for his hefty part
15/03/2017 … JULIAN CLARY has won the award for best leading male in the first ever Great British Pantomime Awards, for his role as Dandini in Cinderella at the London Palladium.
© Andy Hollingworth Romesh Ranganathan to host chat show
Series of short interviews for BBC Three
15/03/2017 … Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new chat show for BBC Three.
Harry Hill to write a kids' book
About a 12-year-old aspiring comedian
15/03/2017 … Harry Hill is writing a children’s book about a 12-year-old who is desperate to be a stand-up comedian and perform at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Tue 14 March 2017
'I will be fully naked'
14/03/2017 … The BBC has released some details of its Comic Relief telethon next Friday, with the show coming from a comedy club set built inside London's O2 and hosts including…
Simon Bird to direct his first film
Adapting graphic novel graphic novel Days of the Bagnold Summer
14/03/2017 … Simon Bird is set to direct his first feature film.