Baby Cow Productions today announces it has bolstered its scripted comedy team with the arrival of Maisah Thompson as its new Development Producer.Reporting to Rupert Majendie, Head of Comedy... more
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The first trailer has been released from the new Apple TV Comedy Ted Lasso.Jason Sudeikis plays Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from Kansas hired to coach a professional soccer team in... more
Canadian comedian John Hastings, who spends a large part of his time gigging in the UK, has appeared on America's Got Talent.The show was filmed under the shadow of Covid19, however, and Hastings... more
The production company that sent a picture of Richard Blackwood in error to Dane Baptiste to approve for a press run has apologised.Deadline has reported that a spokesperson for production company... more
Early on in lockdown writer and comedy producer Lucy Danser teamed up with Digital Producer Sideburn Panda to create a new podcast interviewing comedians about the books that have been significant to... more
Audible Theatre is set to release My Mum’s a Twat by debut writer Anoushka Warden and starring BAFTA Breakthrough Brit Susan Wokoma (Crazyhead, Year of The Rabbit,... more
Comedian James Gill was recently asked by BBC News to present a segment about live comedy during lockdown. Gill has been been running his hugely successful Always Be Comedy club via Zoom during... more
The Pleasance Theatre Trust, which is reponsible for the Pleasance venues at the Edinburgh Fringe, has launched a crowdfunder campaign.For the first time in 36 years, the gates are locked and the... more
Michael McIntyre is to host a new primetime BBC One game show The Wheel.Each episode sees a mixture of great contestants, celebrity guests and laugh out loud moments as The Wheel brings a brand new... more
11 July was World Fringe Day – a celebration of the international fringe movement that started in Edinburgh and has given rise to more that 200 festivals around the world.The Edinburgh... more
