© BBC TV festival to celebrate comedy shows
Dave Allen, Ricky Gervais, The Goodies and more
03/03/2020 … Dave Allen, The Goodies and Ricky Gervais are to be celebrated at this year’s BFI and Radio Times TV Festival.
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Tue 03 March 2020
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© C4 Comedians up for Royal Television Society awards
Comedy dominates the breakthrough categoty
03/03/2020 … Aisling Bea, Tim Renkow and Motherland star Tanya Moodie are up for the breakthrough accolade in this year’s Royal Television Society awards.
Comics make the Soccer Aid squad
– and get to play at Old Trafford
03/03/2020 … Russell Howard, Joel Dommett, Lee Mack, Mo Gilligan and Tom Davis are to play football at Old Trafford, in the annual Soccer Aid fundraiser.
Mon 02 March 2020
James Veitch to front US comedy show
Lisa Kudrow and Kristen Schaal among the guests
02/03/2020 … British stand-up James Veitch is to host a comedy show on new US streaming service Quibi.
New podcast from John Kearns and Mat Ewins
02/03/2020 … Mat Ewins and John Kearns are launching an improvised podcast in which they attempt solve some of the world’s biggest mysteries.
Netflix to stage the world's starriest comedy festival
Jack Whitehall, Russell Howard, Alan Carr and more to represent the UK
02/03/2020 … Netflix has conquered the realm of the stand-up special – and now the streaming service is staging the most star-studded comedy festival there has ever…
Sun 01 March 2020
© Channel 4 Joe Lycett legally changes his name to Hugo Boss
Deed Poll action to wind up the fashion giant
01/03/2020 … Joe Lycett has legally changed his name to Hugo Boss in a bid to take on the fashion empire.
© Sky TV Steve and Rob's Greek odyssey
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
01/03/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.