BBC snaps up Ronnie Cheng
College comedy heading to BBC Three
31/07/2017 … BBC Three has snapped up the rights to air Australian comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student.
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Mon 31 July 2017
The Rebel gets a second series
31/07/2017 … Simon Callow is to make a second series of his sitcom The Rebel for UKTV Gold.
© Just For Laughs Craig Ferguson signs up for Still Game
First Scottish TV appearance in 25 years
31/07/2017 … Craig Ferguson is to return to Scottish TV for the first time in 25 years with an appearance on Still Game.
Sun 30 July 2017
Venue axes Chubby Brown for being 'crude'
'Jimmy Carr's worse than I am,' protests comic
30/07/2017 … Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has been axed from performing at a major venue, for being ‘unpleasant, crude and offensive’.
Cumberbatch: I'd love to make more Cabin Pressure
...but writer John Finnemore is less keen
30/07/2017 … He may be a massive star these days, but Benedict Cumberbatch says he’d love to make more episodes of Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure.
Camden comedy market
There's more than one Fringe in this week's live comedy picks
30/07/2017 … The week ahead in live comedy.
The comedy wedding of the year?
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
30/07/2017 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
© Fox Is Apu racist?
Oh yes, says Hari Kondabolu in new film
30/07/2017 … Comedian Hari Kondabolu is making a documentary about the racism behind Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon.