Rupert Grint's Sky Atlantic comedy Sick Note gets a second series
11/04/2017 … Sky Atlantic has ordered a second series of the Rupert Grint comedy Sick Note before the first has even aired.
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Tue 11 April 2017
Who's the comedian at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner?
Hasan Minhaj is a relatively unknown choice
11/04/2017 … Daily Show comedian Hasan Minhaj has been named as the comedian performing at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Matilda The Musical announces UK tour
11/04/2017 … Tim Minchin’s Matilda The Musical will embark on a tour of Britain and Ireland from next year.
Amazon's new show, set on the 1950s stand-up circuit
Two series of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ordered
11/04/2017 … Amazon has ordered a new comedy series based around a fictional female stand-up pioneer.
© YouTube/Giants Comedy Will Hislop takes Musical Comedy crown
11/04/2017 … Will Hislop has won this year’s Musical Comedy Award.
© Rose d'Or John Cleese returns to the BBC
New sitcom with Alison Steadman
11/04/2017 … The BBC has confirmed that John Cleese is returning to the corporation with a new sitcom called Edith.
Liver Birds: The Musical
Seventies sitcom gets a new treatment
11/04/2017 … Seventies sitcom The Liver Birds is being turned into a stage musical.
© BBC/House of Tomorrow Cunk, Fleabag and McIntyre lead Bafta nods
11/04/2017 … Philomena Cunk is up for two Baftas.