Sue Perkins vs the homophobe
Comic hit back at verbal abuse
02/10/2020 … Sue Perkins has revealed she has been the victim of her 'first homophobic insult in 20 years'.
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Thu 01 October 2020
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Liverpool declares a Doddy day
To harness the health benefits of comedy
01/10/2020 … Liverpool is to celebrate one of its most famous sons with an official Doddy Day – on the weekend of what would have been Ken Dodd’s 93rd birthday.
Radio 4 orders another comedy series from Chris Neill
01/10/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned a new stand-up series from Chris Neill following the success of his show Woof.
© BBC/Channel X CBBC comedy star Archie Lyndhurst dies at 19
So Awkward actor was Nicholas Lyndhurst's son
01/10/2020 … Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst and star of the CBBC comedy show So Awkward, has died at the age of 19.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Olivia Colman seeks comedy scripts
Her production company launches new writing competition
01/10/2020 … Olivia Colman’s production company is launching a comedy script competition for writer-performers.
© BBC Could Netflix revive Maid Marian and Her Merry Men?
Tony Robinson in talks with streaming giant
01/10/2020 … Sir Tony Robinson has been in talks with streaming giant Netflix to reboot classic 1990s kids’ comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
Wed 30 September 2020
When is Taskmaster coming to Channel 4?
30/09/2020 … Taskmaster is to launch on Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursday October 15, the broadcaster has announced today.
© Sky Frank Skinner plans to write A Comedian’s Prayer Book
Stand-up says that when it comes to God 'I'm with the weirdo mystics'
30/09/2020 … Frank Skinner is planning to write a religious book A Comedian’s Prayer Book, featuring his invocations to God.