From Mrs Brown's Boys to the Arab-Israeli conflict
Brendan O’Carroll pilots a peacekeepers' comedy for BBC One
15/01/2020 … As the creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys, he is not known for the most subtle of comic touches.
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Wed 15 January 2020
Tue 14 January 2020
US remake of People Just Do Nothing is axed
Amazon decides not to make the series
14/01/2020 … The American remake of People Just Do Nothing has been axed.
Dapper Laughs is doing Time
(It's a new stage play in London)
14/01/2020 … Controversial comedian Dapper Laughs is becoming an actor.
A write honour...
Sandi Toksvig fronts Channel 4 literary series
14/01/2020 … Sandi Toksvig is to front an ‘empowering and uplifting’ two-part series about illiteracy.
Channel 4 buys Duncanville
New animation from Amy Poehler and Simpsons writers
14/01/2020 … Channel 4 has acquired the rights to the new US animated comedy Duncanville, co-created by Amy Poehler.
Celia Pacquola joins Dancing With The Stars
Comic to take part in Australia's version of Strictly
14/01/2020 … Comedian Celia Pacquola is to take part in the next series of Dancing With The Stars, Australia’s version of Strictly Come Dancing.
Mon 13 January 2020
Writers hail John Finnemore
Radio 4 star wins an outstanding contribution gong
13/01/2020 … John Finnemore has been presented with the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Writing accolade at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awards tonight.
Comics journey into the future...
Tech travel show for Jon Richardson, Phil Wang and Alice Levine
13/01/2020 … Jon Richardson, Phil Wang and Alice Levine have made a technology travel show for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.