© UKTV Dave boosts its young audience
...thanks to original comedy shows
21/04/2021 … The Dave comedy channel is celebrating a big rise in younger viewers.
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© Fox The Simpsons parody Morrissey... and he's not happy (of course)
'In a world obsessed with Hate Laws, there are none that protect me’
20/04/2021 … The Simpsons have parodied Morrissey – and he’s not happy.
Richard Ayoade to host the Baftas again
With Gbemisola Ikumelo fronting the craft awards
20/04/2021 … Richard Ayoade is to host the Bafta TV awards for a second year.
Victoria Wood’s unseen sketches to be published
'They feel like comedy’s Dead Sea Scrolls'
20/04/2021 … Eighty of Victoria Wood’s previously unseen scripts are to be released this autumn.
Underbelly announces a new London festival
The upside-down purple cow is back
20/04/2021 … Underbelly has announced a second London pop-up venue this summer, featuring its familiar upside-down purple cow.
Mon 19 April 2021
Rob Beckett writes his memoirs
Comedian has a 'productive lockdown'
19/04/2021 … Rob Beckett has joined the long line of comedians publishing a memoir this year.
Radio 4 confirms air date for Jamie MacDonald stand-up series
Life On The Blink starts next month
19/04/2021 … Radio 4 has confirmed an air date for Jamie MacDonald’s new stand-up show, Life On The Blink.
© Ricky Gervais/Twitter Filming starts on After Life series 3
Ricky Gervais tweets from the set
19/04/2021 … Ricky Gervais has started filming the third series of After Life.