Channel 4 is working on a short film comparing comedic skits from the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s with related comedy today.
The film, which is currently untitled, will air this week on C4 at 7.55pm as part of the nightly Take Your Knee Off My Neck factual series following the death of George Floyd in America.
Channel 4 has recommissioned award-winning The Circle for a third series alongside an additional celebrity series, The Celebrity Circle, as part of the Stand Up To Cancer campaign.
Leading children’s charity Barnardo's has teamed up with some of the UK’s most loved stars to help banish the lockdown blues with its Fifteen Minutes with Fame prize draw.
Winners will have the opportunity to have some banter with funnyman John Bishop.
John Cleese has commented further on the recent controversy over UKTV removing the Fawlty Towers Germans episode from their catch-up service.
The broadcaster has said that the episode will be reinstated with "extra guidance", but the Monty Python star has tweeted this:
John Cleese has commented on the news that UKTV has removed 'The Germans' episode of Fawlty Towers from its website.
The classic Fawlty Towers episode The Germans is the latest comedy programme to be pulled.
The Guardian has reported that the 1975 sitcom episode, written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, has been taken down from UKTV's catch-up service.
Sue Perkins has launched a second series of her podcast interview series, Sue Perkins: An Hour or So with…
The first guests in the new season are podcast agony aunts ‘Dear Joan & Jericha’ – Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine. The discussion explores how they’ve been coping with lockdown as well as giving top tips for anyone struggling with relationship issues during this time.*
Comedy streaming service NextUp and Jericho Comedy are teaming up to present an online comedy festival on 13th & 14th June.
Spencer Jones has made a music video encompassing all of those things we've become fixated on under lockdown, from Tiger King to exercising to being stuck with the family to washing our hands.
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