Shooting starts on Harry Hill movie
Julie Walters, Simon Bird co-star
09/05/2013 … Harry Hill will start filming his movie from Sunday alongside a host of comedy favourites.
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Thu 09 May 2013
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Patrick Baladi joins Ruth Jones's Stella
09/05/2013 … Patrick Baladi, who played David Brent's nemesis Neil in The Office, has joined the cast of Ruth Jones’s Sky 1 comedy Stella.
A third course of Friday Night Dinner
09/05/2013 … Channel 4 has ordered a third series of Friday Night Dinner.
Green light for US Gavin & Stacey remake
09/05/2013 … The US remake of Gavin & Stacey has been picked up for a full series.
Skinner up for radio award
Shortlisted for his Absolute show
09/05/2013 … Frank Skinner has been nominated for the title of commercial radio’s presenter of year.
Baddiel and Burnham head to the Fringe
Hundreds more shows go on sale
09/05/2013 … David Baddiel is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for his first full solo show for 15 years – as Bo Burnham also makes a festival comeback.
YouTube's pay-to-view stand-up
Laugh Factory's new subscription channel
09/05/2013 … Hollywood comedy club The Laugh Factory has become one of the first companies to start charging to watch YouTube videos.
Wed 08 May 2013
Tig Notaro to play Fringe
US comic tops an intense year...
08/05/2013 … American comic Tig Notaro is to make her Edinburgh Fringe debut, a year after her candid on-stage revelation that she had breast cancer.