© Sky UK Diane Morgan joins Sky's Intelligence
As do Morgana Robinson, Nick Helm and Alastair Roberts
13/05/2021 … Diane Morgan, Morgana Robinson and Nick Helm have joined the cast of Sky’s GCHQ comedy Intelligence.
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Thu 13 May 2021
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James Acaster: I got heckled for talking about mental health
Comic reveals audiences' angry responses to personal material
13/05/2021 … He has won plaudits for talking about his mental health on stage, but James Acaster has revealed that addressing the topic has not always gone down so well with…
© BBC Studios Could Good Omens be resurrected?
Rumours surface of a second series
13/05/2021 … David Tennant and Michael Sheen could be reuniting for new series of Good Omens, it has been reported today.
BBC commissions new radio comedy-drama from Jamie MacDonald
Autobiographical tale of a blind comedian uprooted to a new home
13/05/2021 … Comedian Jamie MacDonald has been commissioned to write a BBC radio comedy-drama based on his his own life.
Wed 12 May 2021
When is the Friday Night Dinner tribute on?
Channel 4 sets air date for retrospective dedicated to Paul Ritter
12/05/2021 … Channel 4’s salute to a decade of Friday Night Dinner will air on May 28, the broadcaster has announced.
Punter guilty of assaulting comedy club heckler
Taxi driver lost his eye and his job after assault at The Stand
12/05/2021 … A comedy club punter has been found guilty of assault after attacking a heckler.
Comedian's racism goes viral
Tony Hinchcliffe's vile response to compere Peng Dang
12/05/2021 … Footage of an American comedian unleashing a racist tirade at a colleague on stage has gone viral.
© BBC Julia Davis and Richard E. Grant join The Offenders
...as BBC releases first image from Stephen Merchant’s new comedy
12/05/2021 … Julia Davis and Richard E.