The death has been announced of comedian Sean Lock.
He was 58 and has died of cancer. He was best known to TV viewers as one of the team captains on 8 Out Of 10 Cats and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
The Last Leg returns to its roots this August taking pride of place at the heart of Channel 4’s prime-time schedule throughout the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, bringing together 12 episodes of top-level sporting action and award-winning entertainment.
A one-million-pound jackpot is up for grabs in Channel 4’s newest quiz, One & Six Zeros.
Mighty Productions Scotland have been commissioned to make the six-episode series in which teams of three players start with £1,000,000 and must answer seven general knowledge questions correctly to keep the jackpot intact. Each right answer locks in a digit of the One & Six Zeros.
ITV has launched a new on-air marketing campaign to highlight invisible disabilities, as part of its commitment to help create culture change around disability perception and representation.
One in five of us are disabled, and this new campaign featuring famous faces powerfully highlights that just because you cannot see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
Kae Kurd and tech presenter Marcus Bronzy are launching their brand-new comedy podcast AIN’T GOT A CLUE on Thursday 12th August. The podcast is launching as part of the Acast Creator Network and will also be exclusively hosted by the global podcast company. 
Nina Wadia OBE is the 11th celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The multi-award-winning entertainment show, produced by BBC Studios, will return to BBC One for its 19th series this autumn, once again bringing glitter, glamour and glorious dancing to Saturday and Sunday nights.
Nina says: “I've always danced like nobody's watching, so if we blindfold the judges I could actually win Strictly 2021.”
After a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 and a sell-out 2019 UK tour, Gyles Brandreth has rescheduled his one-man show, Break A Leg!, back on the road and to a whole host of new venues across the UK from September until June 2022.
Comedian Seann Walsh has written his own press release for his upcoming tour. This is what he has written...
"Hello, Seann here. Did you know that the comedians have to write their own blurb? I find that absolutely insane. What am I meant to say? “I’m fantastic, come and look at me talk”? I don’t know. It’s me. I do stand-up.
Entries are now open for two BBC Audio Drama Awards for scriptwriting, run annually and administered by the Society of Authors.
Radio X has signed Noel Gallagher to host a Sunday night residency this August. Starting Sunday 8th August at 7pm, Noel Gallagher will take the reins on Radio X alongside his long-time friend, comedy writer Matt Morgan, to present the first in a brand-new series, The Radio X Residency.
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