Free tickets are available for exclusive screenings of the eleventh series of Taskmaster.
The screenings will be in a central London cinema and will conform to Covid-19 safety guidelines.
The makers will be recording audience reactions to the programme but it will just be audio, you will not be seen onscreen.
Little, Brown Book Group has acquired world rights to The Secret Diary Of A British Muslim Aged 13¾ from comedian Tez Ilyas. The book will be published in hardbook, ebook and audio on 8 April 2021, just before the start of Ramadan, and on Tez’s actual birthday.
Stand Up For Live Comedy is a new BBC series that showcases the best rising stars in stand-up comedy. Each of the six shows comes from a different club and is hosted by a local comedian. The first show, filmed in Bristol's Lakota Gardens, is hosted by local legend Jayde Adams. The guests are Lauren Pattison, Mo Omar and Tom Lucy.
The shows are released on Fridays on BBC iPlayer and are aired on BBC1 the following Monday at 10.45pm.
Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer and launch date for the spine-tingling UK Amazon Original series, Truth Seekers. The eight-episode paranormal comedy series will launch on Prime Video on Friday 30th October in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Radio 4 will pay tribute to the late broadcasting legend, Nicholas Parsons CBE, with an evening of programmes on what would have been his 97th birthday, Saturday 10 October. A new documentary and specially chosen highlights from the archive covering Nicholas’ outstanding career will give listeners a chance to delight again in his humour as well as to learn more about his life.
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller have reunited for a second series of podcast ‘TIMEGHOST’, which launches today (Wednesday 23rd September).
Comedy Central UK has announced plans to bolster its UK programming slate with new commissions including play-along panel show Guessable and topical TV round-up show Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson.
Comedian Jenny Eclair is to present a brand-new Daytime format on Channel 4. In Drawers Off, amateur artists reveal their naked ambition as they compete to win a cash prize by creating life-portraits of each other.
Stripped Monday to Friday, this new series is produced by MultiStory Media North, part of ITV Studios, and Motion Content Group. It will feature five different artists each week who will all take turns to pose in the altogether.
Mark Silcox is launching a new series for everyone who wants a good story and to learn morals. Aesop’s Fables have taught us morals for millennia and Mark Silcox has updated them for 2020.
Turtle Canyon Comedy, the indie comedy production house behind James Acaster’s Netflix series, Joel Dommett’s ITV comedy special and an online channel with over 4 million views, are bringing 10 episodes of Storytime with Silcox to their YouTube channel.
Michael McIntyre's new show Showman was recorded back in March before lockdown. It takes in Australia, being chubby, remembering passwords, accents and dogs. He can even get away with a gag about the Titanic which is so old it would have sunk lesser comedians. There are lots of nice callbacks too, underlining that he is a comedy craftsman as well as a showman.
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