Daniel Kitson announces Fringe shows
But he thinks 'work in progress' would be overstating it
17/07/2019 … Daniel Kitson has announced two last-minute shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Tue 16 July 2019
Alan Carr announces an intimate tour
Tiny work-in-progress gigs across Scotland
16/07/2019 … Alan Carr has announced a tour of tiny Scottish venues this autumn.
© BBC Fleabag notches up 11 Emmy nominations
Including two for Phoebe Waller-Bridge herself
16/07/2019 … Fleabag has been nominated for 11 Emmy awards.
© BBC/Wall to Wall/Stephen Perry 'Some comedians' celebrity status outweighs their comedy'
Lee Mack speaks up about the trends in stand-up
16/07/2019 … Lee Mack has spoken out about comedians ‘whose celebrity status outweighs their comedy’.
Big Australian awards for Tim Minchin and Hannah Gadsby
...but James Acaster misses out
16/07/2019 … Tim Minchin and Hannah Gadsby have won two of the top accolades for live performance in Australia.
Armando Iannucci to open the London film festival
European premiere for his Personal History Of David Copperfield
16/07/2019 … Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield is to open this year’s London Film Festival, in what will be its European premiere.
Mon 15 July 2019
Viz pioneer Jim Brownlow dies
The man behind Paul Whicker the Tall Vicar and Rude Kid
15/07/2019 … Jim Brownlow, one of the founders of Viz Magazine, has died.
© C4 Work starts on Year Of The Rabbit series 2
Writers planning for Matt Berry's Victorian comedy to be renewed
15/07/2019 … Work has begun on a second series of Matt Berry's Victorian cop comedy Year of the Rabbit.