© Rose d'Or UK tour for John Cleese's first stage farce
Bang Bang! is an adaptation of 1892 French play
16/10/2019 … The first stage play written by John Cleese is to embark on a UK tour.
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Wed 16 October 2019
© Rose d'Or 
© BBC Still Game to get an outstanding contribution Bafta
...but a brawl mars its final stage outing
16/10/2019 … Still Game is to receive a Scottish Bafta for its outstanding contribution to broadcasting.
Tue 15 October 2019
Finding laughs in Brexit
Kieran Hodgson makes an EU-inspired comedy for C4
15/10/2019 … Kieran Hodgson has made a Brexit comedy for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.
'I say, would you mind terribly returning my stolen Dad's Army costume?'
Actor Julian Dutton makes appeal after theft
15/10/2019 … It’s probably not the sort of clothing you’d normally associate with a couple of Essex thieves.
David O’Doherty writes a kids' heist adventure
The Summer I Robbed A Bank out next year
15/10/2019 … David O’Doherty has written a comic heist book for children.
© CBS E4 buys Matt LeBlanc comedy
Man With A Plan coming to the UK
15/10/2019 … E4 is to air Matt LeBlanc’s latest comedy Man With A Plan.
Comedy Central orders yet more Roast Battles
With guest judges for series 4
15/10/2019 … Comedy Central has renewed Roast Battle for a fourth series.
Mon 14 October 2019
Filming starts on Man Like Mobeen series 3
Guz Khan posts a first picture from the Birmingham set
14/10/2019 … Filming has started in on the third series of Man Like Mobeen in Birmingham.