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Thu 28 April 2016
The Nerds will be heard
Comedy science trio start work on R4 series
28/04/2016 … The Festival Of The Spoken Nerd trio have started work on a new comedy science show for Radio 4.
Wed 27 April 2016
Bafta to honour Lenny Henry
Comic will be given special award
27/04/2016 … Lenny Henry is to be awarded a special Bafta award next month for his outstanding creative contribution to television.
© C4/Ed Miller Work starts on Catastrophe series 3
27/04/2016 … Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have revealed that they have started work on a possible third series of Catastrophe.
BBC appoints a new comedy commissioner
Alex Moody will be a 'diversity champion'
27/04/2016 … Comedy producer Alex Moody, whose credits range from the British Comedy Awards to Nick Helm’s Bafta-nominated short film Elephant, has joined the BBC as a…
© ABC Pilots for Aussie comedy stars
The ABC will run with one of them...
27/04/2016 … Some of the best-known faces on Australia's comedy circuit have made pilots for the ABC – at least one of which will be picked up fro a full series.
© BBC/Tiger Aspect Catherine Tate to tour this autumn
27/04/2016 … Catherine Tate is tour her comedy characters for the first time this autumn.
© CBS James Corden hits 1billion YouTube views
Thanks largely to Carpool Karaoke
27/04/2016 … James Corden has racked up more than a billion views on YouTube for his US talk show.