Video: Some People By Spencer Jones

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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Interview: Michael Sheen And David Tennant On Their New BBC Comedy Staged

David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of Six Characters In Search Of An Author in the West End. The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing himself) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by.

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News: Men's Mental Health Podcast Spins Off With Series Interviewing Powerful Women

Men’s Mental Health podcast Insane In The Men Brain is to launch a spin-off series in which host Rich Wilson interviews influential women.

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News: Transmission Date Confirmed For David Tennant/Michael Sheen Comedy

The BBC has announced the transmission date for the brand new lockdown comedy, Staged, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen.

The first of six episodes will be broadcast on Wednesday, 10 June at 10.45pm.

Staged features the cast of a play as themselves - the cream of the crop of British acting talent - who are furloughed when their upcoming West End production is suddenly brought to a halt. The series follows the cast as they try their best to keep the rehearsals on track in lockdown.

News: Michael McIntyre Talks About His New Compilation Show

Michael McIntyre is returning to BBC One with a series looking back at some of his favourite moments from his primetime Big Show, including Send to All’s from presenter Holly Willoughby and chef Jamie Oliver in Michael McIntyre’s Big Laughs.

News: New Sketch Comedy Podcast Launched

Next Level Sketch, who ran a monthly sketch comedy night at Hoopla Impro before the pandemic, have launched their own sketch comedy podcast.
 
The first episode of Next Level Sketch, entitled The Covid-19 Pence Coin Memorial Edition, is now available.

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News: Comedians Raise Money For Asthma UK

On November 24, 2019, comedian Sam Serrano's girlfriend's 15-year-old brother Martin Sullivan tragically passed away of an asthma attack. This was a huge shock and an enormous loss for the entire family. Serrano had planned to do a gig at Hot Water Comedy Club in memory of Martin but this had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Nevertheless, a number of comedians from the circuit pulled together and have made a compilation of comedy clips to raise money in Martin's Memory.

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Interviews: Alex Horne Joins Peter Crouch and Maya Jama for Save Our Summer Series

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News: Richard Ayoade To Host TV BAFTAS

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has confirmed the new date for this year’s Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards, originally scheduled for Spring 2020, when they were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The awards will now take place on Friday 31 July and will be broadcast as-live on BBC One that evening with the nominations announced on Thursday 4 June.

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News: Iain Lee Leaves Talk Radio

Broadcaster Iain Lee has left Talk Radio after four eventful years.

He announced the news that his final show was last night on his Facebook page with the following statement:

"I no longer work at talkRADIO.

I’ve been waiting for a while to find out if my contract was going to be renewed and today I was finally told that, no, it isn’t.

I won’t be going back on air. My last show was last night’s (which I thought was a little dull, a 5 out of 10 only! Out with a whimper!)

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