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22/06/2023 … Applications have opened for the 2023 British Comedian Of The Year competition.
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Thu 22 June 2023
BBC orders comedy-drama from disability activist Kyla Harris
We Might Regret This also stars Darren Boyd and Sally Phillips
22/06/2023 … The BBC has ordered a comedy-drama about a Canadian quadriplegic moving to London.
© BBC/Hat Trick Clive Myrie dropped from BBC News after hosting Have I Got News For You
Corporation chief feared impartiality backlash
22/06/2023 … The BBC reportedly banned Clive Myrie from presenting News At Ten on Friday because he hosted Have I Got News For You an hour beforehand.
A real book about a fake author
Alice Fraser writes a guide to her Bugle creation, D'Ancey LaGuarde
22/06/2023 … Listeners to hit satirical podcast The Bugle have long been teased by the latest works from the bestselling – and entirely fictional – romance novelist…
Mae Martin named rising comedy star of the year
Stand-up honoured by Montreal's Just For Laughs festival
22/06/2023 … Mae Martin is to be named rising comedy star of the year at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival.
© Manuel Harlan Bleak Expectations to close early
West End version of Radio 4's Dickensian comedy curtails its run
22/06/2023 … West End comedy Bleak Expectations will end its West End run three weeks earlier than originally scheduled.
© UKTV Dave drops Comedians Giving Lectures
Sara Pascoe-fronted format ends after three series
22/06/2023 … Sara Pascoe’s show Comedians Giving Lectures has been axed after three series.
ITV orders Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper game show
Password to be hosted by Stephen Mangan
22/06/2023 … ITV has picked up a new gameshow featuring Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper as team captains.