London gets a new podcast festival
Live events scheduled for spring 2021
20/11/2020 … London is to get a new podcast festival featuring the likes of Katherine Ryan, Bebe and Jessie Cave and Barry Dodds and Ian Boldsworth.
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Fri 20 November 2020
© C4 Channel 4 confirms second series of This Way Up
Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan to return
20/11/2020 … Channel 4 has officially confirmed that Aisling Bea comedy This Way Up is to return for a second series.
Thu 19 November 2020
Netflix to air London Hughes special
With Kevin Hart as an executive producer
19/11/2020 … London Hughes has recorded her first Netflix special.
© UKTV Taskmaster gets a Christmas special
But the line-up is under wraps
19/11/2020 … Taskmaster is to air a one-off Christmas special with a mystery line-up.
Edinburgh Fringe Society launches new crowdfunder
Memorabilia from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Kay and Joe Lycett on offer
19/11/2020 … Signed memorabilia from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Adam Kay and Joe Lycett is being raffled off as part of a crowdfunder for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.
© Steve Ullathorne Comics to play Dungeons & Dragons for charity - again!
James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Phil Wang and Sally Phillips
19/11/2020 … Comedians James Acaster, Lou Sanders, Phil Wang and Sally Phillips will take part in a live game of Dungeons & Dragons to raise money for Comic Relief.
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY SA 2.0 Eric Idle joins marathon 9 Lessons gig
With astronauts, musicians and more...
19/11/2020 … Eric Idle has been added to the line up of the annual Nine Lessons And Carols event mixing comedy, science and more, He joins Apollo 9 lunar module pilot Rusty…
Amazon Prime commits to 20 new UK stand-up specials
Soho Theatre deal also includes 11 shows from the back catalogue
19/11/2020 … Twenty new stand-up specials are to be filmed for Amazon Prime Video, under a new deal with Soho Theatre.