Second series for Lolly Adefope's US sitcom
15/04/2019 … Shrill, the US sitcom starring Lolly Adefope, has been renewed for a second series.
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Mon 15 April 2019
Melbourne Comedy Festival spurns Barry Humphries
Main award will no longer carry his name after trans row
15/04/2019 … The Melbourne comedy festival has snubbed Barry Humphries by renaming the annual prize awarded in his honour.
New stand-up show for digital radio
Oxford's Jericho Comedy Club to air on UnionJack
15/04/2019 … Digital radio station Union Jack is to air a weekly stand-up show.
Filming starts on Scarborough
BBC One's new comedy with Jason Manford
15/04/2019 … Filming has begun today on BBC One’s new comedy Scarborough.
Sun 14 April 2019
Friends with benefits...
A-listers' fundraising gigs lead this week's best live comedy
14/04/2019 … It's a relatively quiet week for new and one-off live comedy, but scores of stand-up tours are in full flow around the country.
When Donald Trump met Andy Warhol
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
14/04/2019 … The comedy week ahead on TV and radio Sunday April 14 8 OUT OF 10 CATS: Johnny Vegas, Alex Brooker, Anna Richardson and Sophie Duker join Jimmy Carr,…
Cracking the Frank Sidebottom code
...but it took Britain's top spooks to do it
14/04/2019 … Britain’s top codebreakers were called in to decipher secret messages left by Frank Sidebottom.
Comic Kojo makes Britain's Got Talent semi-finals
Thanks to Simon Cowell's golden buzzer
14/04/2019 … Comedian Kojo Anim has made it through to the Britain's Got Talent semi-finals – after 20 years on the circuit.