Comedy playwriting contest opens
£10k prize in Liverpool Hope competition
18/02/2016 … Comedy scripts are being sought for a £10,000 playwriting prize – although writers must pay a fee to enter.
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Thu 18 February 2016
Student award: First People's Choice poll opens
Who is your favourite from Glasgow?
18/02/2016 … Voting has opened for the People's Choice award for the first heat of the 2016 Chortle Student Comedy Award.
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Citizen Khan tour adds 6 more dates
18/02/2016 … An extra six dates have been added to the Citizen Khan tour.
Wed 17 February 2016
The Simpsons go live
Motion-capture to animate Homer in real time
17/02/2016 … The Simpsons is to air a live session.
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton's Just A Minute milestone
17/02/2016 … Paul Merton is to overtake Kenneth Williams to become the second most frequent player of Just A Minute.
Boy Meets Girl up for LGBT award
As are David Morgan, Alan Carr & Sue Perkins
17/02/2016 … BBC Two sitcom Boy Meets Girl and its star Rebecca Root have been shortlisted in this year's British LGBT Awards.
Alan Partridge ratings have a-halved
Just 60,000 see Mid Morning Matters
17/02/2016 … He’s one of Britain’s best known comedy creations – but Alan Partridge attracted disappointing ratings to Sky Atlantic last night.
Tue 16 February 2016
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Harry Enfield to play Prince Charles in comedy soap
16/02/2016 … Harry Enfield is to play Prince Charles in Channel 4’s new comedy soap opera The Windsors.