'Desperate Housewives on acid'
Channel 4 buys hit Belgian comedy
18/05/2016 … Channel 4 has picked up the rights to a hit Belgian comedy dubbed 'Desperate Housewives on acid'.
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Wed 18 May 2016
Sky orders Irish comedy shorts
From Jason Byrne, Katherine Ryan and others
18/05/2016 … Sky has revealed details of its next batch of comedy shorts, including films from Jason Byrne, Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Al Porter.
When Jack met Becks
Whitehall makes online interview show for GQ
18/05/2016 … Jack Whitehall has launched a new online video series, featuring David Beckham in the first episode.
Tue 17 May 2016
A bit more Fry and Laurie
Unseen scripts to be published
17/05/2016 … Swathes of unseen Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie scripts are set to be published in a new book.
Heckler glasses comedian on stage
Watch footage of James Loveridge being attacked
17/05/2016 … CCTV footage has emerged of a heckler hurling a glass at a comedian on stage, drawing blood.
Comedian to walk the entire London Tube network
Ben Van der Velde's fundraiser for refugees
17/05/2016 … Comedian Ben Van der Velde is to walk the 350 miles of the London Underground network within a month, to raise money for the Refugee Council.
Joe Lycett tests out new talk show
With Have I Got News For You producers
17/05/2016 … Joe Lycett is testing out a new celebrity chat show.
Jason Byrne writes his childhood memoirs
17/05/2016 … Jason Byrne is writing his first book, a memoir about his mischievous childhood escapades between the ages of five and 16.