Jason Manford to host daytime TV quiz
Unbeatable coming to BBC One this year
21/01/2021 … Jason Manford is to host a new BBC One daytime quiz called Unbeatable.
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Thu 21 January 2021
Wed 20 January 2021
Travel by Carr
Alan launches an escapist podcast
20/01/2021 … Alan Carr has become the latest comedian to turn to podcasting during lockdown.
New BBC Sounds series for Jacob Hawley
20/01/2021 … Jacob Hawley is to return to BBC Sounds with a new documentary series.
© Dave Hogan/C4 Wanted: Friday Night Dinner fans
To take part in Channel 4 documentary
20/01/2021 … The makers of the forthcoming documentary about Friday Night Dinner are seeking fans to take part.
Tom Allen joins virtual Leicester Comedy Festival
As other events move later in the year
20/01/2021 … Tom Allen has been added to the line-up of this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
The comedy competition offering the audience a prize
20/01/2021 … They say a comedian is only as good as their audience… and now one stand-up fan could win a cash prize for being the perfect punter.
Tue 19 January 2021
E4 picks comedians as stars of the future
Mentoring scheme to unlock their potential
19/01/2021 … Comedians Joe Hobbs, Lydia Maddix and Ty Logan, have been chosen as ‘faces of the future’ in a new mentoring scheme run by E4.
Lucy Beaumont writes her 'mumoirs'
19/01/2021 … Lucy Beaumont is writing her first book, a ‘mumoir’ due out this autumn.