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.
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Mon 14 October 2019
© Jim Moir (Vic Reeves) The art of comedy
Exhibition dedicated to the artwork of comedians
14/10/2019 … A new art exhibition will feature only works by comedians, including creations from Josie Long, Jack Whitehall, Lolly Adefope, Joe Lycett and others.
Ireland's RTE launches new comedy competition
14/10/2019 … Irish broadcaster RTE has launched a hunt for new stand-up talent.
© BBC Vic Reeves to front video art documentary
BBC Four commissions Kill Your TV
14/10/2019 … Vic Reeves is to explore the history of video art in an hour-long show for BBC Four.
Rose Matafeo’s Starstruck sold to Australia and New Zealand
14/10/2019 … Rose Matafeo’s forthcoming sitcom Starstuck has been sold to Australia and her native New Zealand.
Guilty Feminist goes global
International dates for Deborah Frances-White's podcast
14/10/2019 … Deborah Frances-White is taking her Guilty Feminist podcast on an international tour.
Sun 13 October 2019
One in three female comics has been sexually harassed on stage
...and half have been made to feel uncomfortable backstage
13/10/2019 … More than one in three female comedians has felt sexually harassed while on stage, and one in six have been followed after a gig.
Spongebob 'is an apologist for military colonisation'
US academic accuses Mr Squarepants of normalising violence and racism
13/10/2019 … You might think Spongebob Squarepants as a friendly sea sponge who lives in a pineapple beneath the sea and loves blowing bubbles.