Daniel Kitson announces Edinburgh shows
'Clunky' work in progress sessions
22/08/2017 … Daniel Kitson has announced some work in progress shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 22 August 2017
Mon 21 August 2017
Netflix sees more of its Friends From College
21/08/2017 … Netflix has renewed its comedy Friends From College for a second season of eight episodes.
© Stuart Hogben Big names join Galway festival
21/08/2017 … Dara O Briain, Kevin Bridges and Tommy Tiernan have joined the line-up for Galway’s annual comedy festival.
Sun 20 August 2017
Voting opens for Comedians' Choice 2017
For best shows and performers at the Fringe
20/08/2017 … Comedians working at the Edinburgh Fringe have been invited to vote for their favourite colleagues and shows at the festival.
Thu 17 August 2017
Andy Zaltzman satirises the British Empire
17/08/2017 … Andy Zaltzman and Indian comedian Anuvab Pal, an occasional correspondent on his podcast The Bugle, are to team up for a new Radio 4 series.
A Noble effort
Ross makes spoof magazine show for Radio 4
17/08/2017 … Ross Noble is to make a new spoof magazine show for the BBC.
A Doomsday scenario
Radio 4 orders comedy about end-of-the-world Preppers
17/08/2017 … Radio 4 is to launch a new sitcom about ‘preppers’ readying themselves for apocalypse.
Edinburgh one-off for Nish Kumar
Part of a fundraiser for refugees
17/08/2017 … Nish Kumar has announced his only full-length Fringe show this year – as part of an all-day fundraiser to help save the lives of refugees taking the perilous…