Britain's comedy circuit has a race issue
..says Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid
03/11/2020 … Britain’s comedy circuit has a racist bias that keeps black comedians down, Britain’s Got Talent finalist Nabil Abdulrashid claims.
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Tue 03 November 2020
Dan Tiernan is top Frog
New comic wins Manchester contest
03/11/2020 … Dan Tiernan, who works in a care home for young asylum seekers, has won the annual new act competition run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket.
Mon 02 November 2020
Rob Kemp’s Elvis Dead to be released - on VHS
'The most beautiful object I think we have ever produced'
02/11/2020 … The Elvis Dead, Rob Kemp’s cult live show which retold a classic horror movie through Elvis Presley-style songs, is to be released on VHS.
© UKTV Sian Gibson and Johnny Vegas to star in three new whodunits
Gold commissions new series from writer Jason Cook
02/11/2020 … Sian Gibson and Johnny Vegas are to reprise their crime-solving roles for a new series of murder-mystery films for Gold.
Radio 4 to air another Count Arthur Strong Christmas special
...after repeating a season of the old ones
02/11/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned another Count Arthur Strong Christmas special.
Sun 01 November 2020
Emily attacks dating in her new ITV show
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
01/11/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio Monday November 2 STAND UP FOR LIVE COMEDY: The last in the series comes from London, with Jamali Maddix…
The final hoorah-ha-ha
The week's best live comedy... at least until lockdown returns
01/11/2020 … A very limited pick of the best of the week’s live comedy.
Sat 31 October 2020
Lockdown 2.0
Comedy clubs, theatres and pubs forced to close again
31/10/2020 … Comedy clubs and theatres in England will have to close for a month from Thursday as Covid rates soar again.