Channel 4 has commissioned a pilot, Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back, from Rumpus Media with comedian Joe Lycett dishing out a hilarious dose of consumer justice on behalf of the people of the UK.Known for... more
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There is to be a one-off screening in London of Oxide Ghosts: The Brass Eye Tapes, the documentary about the work of Chris Morris featuring previously unseen footage.Made from hundreds of hours of... more
Jo Brand is to front a new medical quiz on BBC Two. Britain’s Best Junior Doctors pits teaching hospitals from far and wide against each other as a host of junior doctors put their new found... more
Comedian Stephen Bailey will be appearing regularly on Zoe Ball's new weekend chat show on ITV1.The show will go out on Saturday and Sunday mornings at 8.30am from April 14 and Bailey will be making... more
Comedian Freddy Quinne has released his full-length show for fans to watch online.The Preston stand-up filmed Quite The Catch at Liverpool's Hot Water Club last autumn.He funded the making of it... more
Actor Alex Beckett, best known to TV fans for his roles in W1A and Twenty Twelve has died. He was 35 years old.He was currently appearing in The Way Of The World at the Donmar Warehouse. His agent... more
Lee Mack is to be the next curator of the Museum of Curiosity, joining John Lloyd as co-host.The series will begin recording at the BBC Radio Theatre and The Tabernacle, Notting... more
The founder of the American Comedy Store, Mitzi Shore, has died. She was 87.A statement has been issued.“It is with great sadness and very heavy hearts that we report the passing of Mitzi Shore, the... more
Principal photography has started on filmmaker Gurinder Chadha's new comedy drama, Blinded By The Light. The film is a hybrid musical that is firmly rooted in the great British... more
Comedian/writer Natalie Haynes is taking part in a festival entitled I'll Say It Again!, celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage, featuring a wealth of female artists, writers, and creatives of... more
