West Didsbury gets a comedy festival
30 gigs over a weekend in Manchester suburb
17/10/2019 … West Didsbury is to get its own comedy festival.
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Thu 17 October 2019
Comic Relief launches its own comedy club.
17/10/2019 … Comic Relief has launched its own comedy club.
© Mohamed Hassan Netflix scales back its spending on stand-up
17/10/2019 … Netflix is scaling back its investment in stand-up that has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the top end of the business.
James Veitch gets a peach of a job
Hosting the Bafta Britannia Awards in LA
17/10/2019 … British comedian James Veitch has scored a major coup – by being asked to host this year’s Bafta Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.
Tim Key and Daisy-May Cooper to star in Witchfinder comedy
'One of the best double-acts in British comedy'
17/10/2019 … Tim Key and This Country star Daisy May Cooper are to star in a new BBC Two comedy about a witchfinder and his suspect.
© BBC Miranda celebration to be taped at the London Palladium
17/10/2019 … The BBC has revealed more details about the one-off Miranda special to mark ten years since the sitcom aired.
Wed 16 October 2019
Don't panic! Actor gets his stolen Dad's Army uniform back
Nicked props are dumped a bush
16/10/2019 … Actor Julian Dutton has been reunited with his stolen Dad’s Army uniform after a blitz of publicity over the theft.
Release date for Catherine Tate's Nan movie
16/10/2019 … Catherine Tate's Nan movie has been given an official release date – and a new title.