© Channel 4 Channel 4 orders Rosie Jones sitcom Disability Benefits
Six-part series follows a Comedy Blap last year
24/08/2023 … Rosie Jones is to star in a new six-part Channel 4 comedy called Disability Benefits.
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Channel 4 orders a second series for 2024
24/08/2023 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Joe Lycett’s Late Night Lycett to air next year.
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Gemma Arterton to return to Sky comedy
24/08/2023 … Sky has ordered a second series of the comedy-drama Funny Woman, about a comic trying to make it in the male-dominated scene of the 1960s.
© ABC Filming stars on new Australian comedy White Fever
24/08/2023 … Filming is under way in Melbourne on White Fever, a new Australian comedy from actress and writer Ra Chapman.
Wed 23 August 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 nominees announced
Shortlists out for best Fringe show and best newcomer
23/08/2023 … The nominees for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards have been announced.
'Edinburgh is getting more racist'
Says Fringe comedian Benjamin Bello after he was abused three times in 10 days
23/08/2023 … The Edinburgh Fringe has become a more racist place to visit, one of its performers has said Comedian Benjamin Bello, who performs in the guise of comedy dictator…
© Channel 4 Road trip for Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnsto
Royle Family stars make a More 4 travelogue
23/08/2023 … Royle Family stars Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston are reuniting for a new More4 travelogue.
Loser wins
...and Daniel Foxx second in Edinburgh poster awards
23/08/2023 … Bennett Arron and Daniel Foxx have won awards at the Edinburgh Comedy Poster Awards.