Josie Long shoots her first feature film
Cast includes Janey Godley, Sanjeev Kohli & Matt Winning
23/05/2016 … Josie Long is making her first feature film, a 'twee romantic comedy' that turns into a dystopian, police state thriller.
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Mon 23 May 2016
© ITV Lenny Henry joins Broadchurch
As do Roy Hudd and Charlie Higson
23/05/2016 … Sir Lenny Henry, Charlie Higson and Roy Hudd have joined the cast of Broadchurch.
Angel spreads its wings
Comedy club's crowdfunding bid as it finds a new home
23/05/2016 … London’s Angel Comedy Club is poised to open a new purpose-built venue – and has turned to crowdfunding to make it happen.
Time travelling comedy for David Mitchell
23/05/2016 … David Mitchell is to star in a new time-travelling sitcom.
Sun 22 May 2016
Dave Johns film wins the Palme D'Or
Ken Loach movie scoops top prize at Cannes
22/05/2016 … Comedian Dave Johns’s film I Daniel Blake has won the Palme d’Or – the top award at the Cannes film festival Directed by Ken Loach, Johns plays the…
BBC 'thinks Scots are dumber than the English'
Comedy writer's bombshell claims
22/05/2016 … A comedy writer has claimed BBC executives told him to pitch a script to BBC Two rather than BBC Scotland – because Scottish viewers are stupider than their English…
Sat 21 May 2016
BBC Three just got more Witless
Second series for Kerry Howard and Zoe Boyle comedy
21/05/2016 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of Witless, the sitcom starring Kerry Howard and Zoe Boyle as flatmates put into the witness protection programme.