Guests announced for Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
28/07/2016 … The guests have been named for Dara O Briain’s new videogame show, Go 8 Bit.
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Thu 28 July 2016
R4 orders Moore police comedy
Third series for It's A Fair Cop
28/07/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned comedian Alfie Moore.
Tape Face makes America's Got Talent semis
28/07/2016 … Tape Face has made it to the semi-finals of America’s Got Talent.
John Cleese to the rescue!
Comic icon to perform at festival fundraiser
28/07/2016 … John Cleese is to give his only British stage performance of the year year to help Bristol’s Slapstick Festival of vintage comedy.
Free Fringe flyer fight
Row as founder lays down the law on leaftleters
28/07/2016 … Free Fringe overlord Peter Buckley Hill is dictating which flyerers comedians at his Edinburgh venues can use.
© BBC/Pete Dadds Comics share their parenting tips
28/07/2016 … Comedians including Vic Reeves, Katherine Ryan and Sally Phillips will be sharing their child-raising tips in a new series called Parenting For Kids.
Wed 27 July 2016
TapeFace divides America's Got Talent judges
During appearance on live heat
27/07/2016 … TapeFace appeared on the first live heat of America's Got Talent last night.
America tries to remake Peep Show (again)
Starz puts series into development
27/07/2016 … Peep Show is set to make a comeback – in America.