New BBC podcast for James Acaster
Based on his obsession with the music of 2016
04/02/2020 … James Acaster is to launch a new BBC podcast based on his belief that 2016 was the best year ever for music.
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Tue 04 February 2020
LBGTQ+ comedy competition opens for entry
Win £250 plus a coaching session
04/02/2020 … Entries have opened for the Comedy Bloomers LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition.
Mon 03 February 2020
Comedian refuses to appear on 'anti-British' BBC
Alistair Williams takes a stance against 'bias and propaganda'
03/02/2020 … A comedian has refused to appear on the BBC because of what he sees as the broadcaster’s ‘anti-British’ agenda.
Soho Theatre closes due to bomb scare
All shows cancelled after World War 2 device discovered
03/02/2020 … The Soho Theatre has been forced to cancel all its shows tonight – after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered in central London.
Union Jack confirms its Leicester Comedy Festival coverage
03/02/2020 … Radio station Union Jack has confirmed its coverage of the Leicester Comedy Festival, which kicks off this Wednesday.
© Button Hall Productions Image Type: Portraits Programme Maker: Monumental Filming starts on series two of Ghosts
...but the BBC is suddenly coy about its Horrible History links
03/02/2020 … The BBC has announced that filming has begun on the second series of its hit comedy Ghosts – but has tactfully chosen not to mention that the series was created…
Comedian caught up in Streatham terror attack
Dave Chawner came to victim's aid
03/02/2020 … Comedian Dave Chawner has spoken of how he came to the aid of one of the victims of the terrorist attack in Streatham yesterday afternoon.
Romesh Ranganathan signs a new Sky deal
Broadcaster to have first refusal on his ideas
03/02/2020 … Sky has signed a first-look script deal with Romesh Ranganathan.