Filming starts on Frayed series 2
Sarah Kendall's 1980s comedy to return to Sky
03/02/2021 … Filming has begun on the second series of Sarah Kendall’s Sky comedy series Frayed.
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Wed 03 February 2021
Sian Clifford and Russell Tovey shoot improvised comedy movie
Also starring Richard Herring and Nick Helm
03/02/2021 … Sian Clifford and Russell Tovey have finished filming an improvised comedy film about a family inheritance.
Izzard and Osho join new Netflix drama
Comedians cast in Harlan Coben's Stay Close
03/02/2021 … Comedians Eddie Izzard and Andi Osho have joined the cast of new Netflix drama Stay Close from mystery writer Harlan Coben.
Tue 02 February 2021
© BBC As You Lycett
Joe to make his Shakespearean debut
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett is to make his Shakespearean debut – performing in Macbeth.
© Comic Relief Comedians launch Red Nose Day 2021
Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Lenny Henry join Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Sir Lenny Henry have contributed to a new video to launch this year’s Red Nose Day.
Mon 01 February 2021
Cushty! Royal Mail releases Only Fools stamps
12 designs with Del Boy and Co
01/02/2021 … The Royal Mail is marking the 40th anniversary of Only Fools And Horses with a new set of stamps.
© Channel 5/NBC Saved By The Bell's Screech dies at 44
Dustin Diamond had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
01/02/2021 … Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in 1990s US sitcom Saved by the Bell has died from cancer,.
BBC Studios signs up two new comedy writers
Year-long contract to work on radio shows
01/02/2021 … BBC Studios has taken on two new staff writers for comedy.