Jack Whitehall to launch his first podcast
Safe Space with comedy writer James Serafinowicz
29/09/2022 … Jack Whitehall is to host his first ever podcast, all about awkward moments and embarrassment.
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© Sky Kids Ardal O’Hanlon to play The Ghastly Ghoul
New animated show for Sky Kids
28/09/2022 … Ardal O’Hanlon is to voice a cute monster in a new animated Halloween show for Sky Kids.
© BBC Fresh health scare for Bob Mortimer
Comic tells Richard Herring 'I'm not well' following new hospital stay
28/09/2022 … Bob Mortimer has had another health scare, revealing that he ended up in hospital at the weekend.
Edinburgh Fringe Society vows: 'We're listening'
Feedback exercise following festival criticisms
28/09/2022 … Organisers of the Edinburgh Fringe are embarking on their biggest survey of participants ‘in years’ in the face of increasing concern about the cost…
© UKTV We Are Not Alone: First images from Dave's new comedy
Set in the aftermath of an alien invasion
28/09/2022 … Here are the first pictures from Dave’s new scripted comedy We Are Not Alone.
Tue 27 September 2022
© Big Deal Films BBC orders a full series of Dreaming Whilst Black
Following the success of Adjani Salmon's pilot
27/09/2022 … The BBC is to make a full six-part series of Dreaming Whilst Black, following the success of a pilot last year.
© Baby Cow New comedy series from Lucy Pearman and The Pin
Baby Cow's short series also feature Tim Key, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and many more
27/09/2022 … Lucy Pearman and comedy duo The Pin have made new digital comedy series for BBC Studios and Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow The short-form…
© Ben King Hannah Gadsby to host a genderqueer comedy showcase for Netflix
...following the Dave Chappelle transphobia row
27/09/2022 … Hannah Gadsby is to host a Netflix comedy special featuring a line-up of gender-diverse comedians.