Fast Show director Sid Roberson dies
08/02/2017 … FAST SHOW director Sid Roberson has died at the age of 79.
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Wed 08 February 2017
Sara Pascoe sings and dances for Comic Relief
'I have made a terrible mistake!'
08/02/2017 … Sara Pascoe is to be among the celebrities ‘strutting their stuff’ on Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.
Revealed: The full list of new Channel 4 Comedy Blaps
Featuring Fringe favourites... and a Sherlock star
08/02/2017 … The full line-up of Channel 4 Comedy Blaps has now been unveiled.
© C4 Murder In Successville team plan a topical comedy show
Scarlett Moffatt pilots improv format
08/02/2017 … A topical sketch format in which celebrities star in their own semi-improvised show is being piloted for Channel 4.
C4 picks up Max & Ivan's The Reunion
08/02/2017 … Max and Ivan have made a series of Channel 4 Blaps about going back to school.
Tue 07 February 2017
© BBC I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again is back
Original cast in new stage tour, 50 years on
07/02/2017 … Classic radio comedy I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again is to hit the road with some of its original stars, – more than 50 years after it first aired.
'The World's Foremost Authority' dies
'Professor' Irwin Corey was 102
07/02/2017 … American comedian ‘Professor’ Irwin Corey has died at the age of 102.
Stephen Merchant to grapple with a wrestling movie
Writing and directing the story of WWE star Paige
07/02/2017 … Stephen Merchant is to write and direct a film about WWE wrestling that will star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.