Comic set for 50-hour gig
John Robertson to stage a marathon version of his Dark Room game
21/05/2021 … Comedian John Robertson is to stage a 50-hour online performance of his interactive gaming stand-up show The Dark Show next week.
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Fri 21 May 2021
© C4 Jimmy Carr writes his memoirs
How he turned his life around 'through the redemptive power of dick jokes'
21/05/2021 … Jimmy Carr is to publish his memoirs this autumn, charting his change from a boring corporate life to ‘fake-toothed donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy mannequin’,…
Thu 20 May 2021
Who's in Taskmaster series 12
20/05/2021 … The line-up has been announced for the 12th series of Taskmaster, just as the series 11 champion was crowned.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of 2021 finalists announced
Postponed gig set for next month
20/05/2021 … The finalists have been announced in this year’s Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Competition.
© Sophia Spring ITV to adapt Graham Norton's first novel, Holding
20/05/2021 … ITV has commissioned a four-part adaptation of Graham Norton’s bestselling debut novel, Holding, to be directed by Kathy Burke Conleth Hill will take…
BBC 'should ban Alexei Sayle'
MP calls for comic's Desert Island Discs to be axed in antisemitism row
20/05/2021 … An MP has called for the BBC to axe Alexei Sayle’s Desert Island Discs on Sunday, accusing the the comedian of ‘excusing antisemitism’.
© Shutterstock Jeremy Dyson to write magician-spy thrillers
New collaboration with Andy Nyman
20/05/2021 … The League of Gentlemen’s Jeremy Dyson is co-writing two new thrillers blending magic and espionage.
Joel Dommett to host National Television Awards
Another feather in comedian's cap
20/05/2021 … Joel Dommett is to host this year’s National Television Awards, it has been announced.