When is Rick and Morty back on E4?
Broadcaster reveals launch date for new episodes
22/04/2020 … E4 has announced that it will air new episodes of Rick and Morty four days after they air in the US.
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Last Leg to return – with hosts 17,000km apart
22/04/2020 … Adam Hills is to host the next series of The Last Leg from his garage in Melbourne.
Bill Murray venue: We need charity to survive
...as the fate of comedy clubs is raised in the Commons
22/04/2020 … London’s Bill Murray comedy venue says it will not survive the coronavirus lockdown unless fans bail it out.
© Marcin Wichary/CC BY-SA 2.0 End of an era as New York's UCB Theatre close
Hub for sketch and improv comedy
22/04/2020 … It has been one of the most important cogs of the New York comedy scene for more than 20 years – but the Upright Citizens Brigade last night announced…
BBC rejects complaints over drag queen's Belgrano joke
'Viewers would know what to expect'
22/04/2020 … Complaints that a joke about the sinking of the Belgrano went too far have been rejected by the BBC’s standards unit.
BBC has another bite at What We Do In The Shadows
Fangs again! Broadcaster buys series two of vampire comedy
22/04/2020 … BBC Two has snapped up the rights to the second series of vampire houseshare sitcom What We Do In The Shadows.
© Netflix Blooming brilliant!
Natasia Demetriou to host Netflix's The Big Flower Fight with Vic Reeves
22/04/2020 … Natasia Demetriou is to co-host new Netflix series The Big Flower Fight with Vic Reeves, the streaming service has announced today.
© BBC/Objective Fiction Matt Berry to make more BBC Two mockumentaries
Four Squeamish About… episodes ordered
22/04/2020 … BBC Two has commissioned Matt Berry to make a new series of offbeat mockumentaries.