Celebs learn stand-up for new TV show
...and Russell Kane will teach them
14/02/2020 … Russell Kane is to teach celebrities how to become stand-up comedians in a new Channel 4 show.
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Fri 14 February 2020
Zoe Lyons to present new BBC game show
Lightning strikes BBC Two's teatime slot
14/02/2020 … Zoe Lyons is to host a new teatime quiz show on BBC Two.
Thu 13 February 2020
When is After Life series 2 coming to Netflix?
13/02/2020 … Netflix has announced the date Ricky Gervais’s comedy After Life will return.
Avenue 5 is given more space
Second series for Armando Iannucci's sci-fi comedy
13/02/2020 … Armando Iannucci’s space comedy Avenue 5 has been renewed for a second season.
Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss reunited
...in a new play written by Steven Moffat
13/02/2020 … Reece Shearsmith is to be reunited with his League of Gentlemen co-star Mark Gatiss in a new play.
© Edwardx/Catherine Harbour/CC BY-SA 4.0 Slowthai apologies for his lecherous advances on Katherine Ryan
Comic laughs off NME awards controversy
13/02/2020 … Rapper Slowthai has apologised for his ‘shameful’ actions towards Katherine Ryan at the NME awards last night.
© Steve Ullathorne Filming starts on Sophie Willan's sitcom pilot Alma’s Not Normal
13/02/2020 … Filming has started on the new BBC Two comedy pilot, Alma’s Not Normal, created by comedian Sophie Willan.
Simon Amstell joins Latitude
Festivals announces more comedy acts
13/02/2020 … Simon Amstell has been announced as one of the stand-up headlines for this year’s Latitude festival.