© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures New TV series for Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge
'Cat-and-mouse' thriller for BBC America
15/11/2016 … Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is to write a dramatic thriller for American TV.
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Tue 15 November 2016
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Caitlin Moran: TV has abandoned working-class comedy
15/11/2016 … Caitlin Moran has claimed that TV no longer makes comedy about working-class characters.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Fleabag up for US gongs
Shortlisted in the Critics' Choice awards
15/11/2016 … Fleabag and its creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge are up for two Critics’ Choice Awards in the States.
Peter Kay holds Q&A for cancer sufferer
15/11/2016 … Peter Kay is holding a Q&A session in aid of a cancer sufferer.
Mon 14 November 2016
Lee Mack to make his West End acting debut
14/11/2016 … Lee Mack is to make his West End debut in a revival of Molière’s classic comedy The Miser.
Torta o muerte?*
Eddie Izzard starts performing in Spanish
14/11/2016 … Eddie Izzard is adding a fourth language to his repertoire, as he works on a Spanish version of his Force Majeure stand-up show.
Robin Ince falls foul of Canadian immigration
Comic misses show after visa rule change
14/11/2016 … Robin Ince had to miss a show with astronaut Chris Hadfield this weekend, after falling foul of Canadian immigration.
Splitting the room...
Trump gags booed, but rape jokes kill
14/11/2016 … Welcome to comedy in Donald Trump’s divided America.