© BBC/Open Mike Productions BBC to repackage Live At The Apollo routines
07/08/2020 … BBC Two is to repackage some old Live At The Apollo routines for a new compilation series.
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Production firm drops charges for comedy writers
'Exploitation' claims after producers asked to be paid to consider sketch ideas
06/08/2020 … A production company has performed a U-turn following protests over its demands for comedy writers to pay a fee to have their sketches considered for a planned TV…
Radio 4 series for Kenyan comic Njambi McGrath
Based on her 2019 Edinburgh show, Accidental Coconut
06/08/2020 … Radio 4 has ordered a four-part series from comedian Njambi McGrath.
Comics to record Beatrix Potter stories
06/08/2020 … Comics Aisling Bea, James Acaster, Robert Webb, Ben Bailey Smith (aka Doc Brown) and Gemma Whelan have joined the star-studded cast of a new audiobook of Beatrix Potter’s…
Michael Palin to reflect on his travels
06/08/2020 … Michael Palin is to reflect on his landmark travel series, in a new four-part documentary The new BBC show, Michael Palin’s Travels, will revisit his experiences…
Daniel Sloss's stand-up special returns to cinemas
X to air on three Vue screens next week
06/08/2020 … Daniel Sloss's stand-up special X is to be screened in cinemas again next week.
© UKTV America dumps Taskmaster after just one episode
UK original attracts poor ratings for The CW network
06/08/2020 … It has been successfully sold around the world – but an American broadcaster has pulled its run of Taskmaster from the schedules after just a single episode.
Wed 05 August 2020
Mark Watson writes his first movie
Set to be directed by Toni Collette
05/08/2020 … Mark Watson has written his first feature film, to be directed by Sixth Sense star Toni Collette.