Romesh Ranganathan to revisit his Misadventures
New compilation series with unseen footage for BBC Two
13/05/2020 … Romesh Ranganathan is to repackage highlights of his BBC Two travelogue for a new ‘best of’ series.
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Wed 13 May 2020
Comedy takes to the streets...
Inventive comedians stage a gig outside a block of flats
13/05/2020 … Two comedians have put on an impromptu stand-up show outside a block of flats – and went down a storm.
Early member of The Greatest Show On Legs dies
13/05/2020 … Dave ‘Bagpipes’ Brooks – an early member of alternative comedy group The Greatest Show On Legs – has died at the age of 72.
Can you help fill the Bath?
City comedy festival launches a crowdfunder
13/05/2020 … The Bath Comedy Festival has set up a crowdfunder to help ensure its future.
Tue 12 May 2020
Live comedy set to return – as drive-in shows
Comic Tom Binns has a plan to kick-start the circuit
12/05/2020 … Live comedy could return as a drive-in experience, long before clubs are allowed to reopen.
Gremlins strike Mo Gilligan's live Channel 4 show
...so he switches to Instagram Live instead
12/05/2020 … Channel 4 had to abandon its live Mo Gilligan show at the last minute last night, after hitting technical difficulties.
Fox serves up an 11th season of Bob's Burgers
12/05/2020 … Bob’s Burgers has been renewed for an eleventh season.
From drugs to jobs
Jacob Hawley launches a new podcast
12/05/2020 … Jacob Hawley is to launch a new BBC podcast about working lives in the time of a pandemic.