News: Local Comedy Club Stages Online Gig To Raise Funds for Comedians

Dulwich Hamlet Comedy Club is staging another Comics' Relief gig to raise money for comedians hit in the pocket by the pandemic.

This would normally be my local gig but as it is taking place online anyone in the world can "attend". It takes place on Sunday, May 3 at 8pm and is hosted by Alexandra Haddow. 

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News: BBC Announces Galton & Simpson Bursary For Comedy Writing

BBC Comedy Commissioning has launched the Galton & Simpson Bursary for Comedy Writing. At a time when everyone is feeling the effects of isolation it’s particularly apt to celebrate the life and work of two people who originally met in a sanatorium and went on to define what television comedy could be.

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News: Romesh Ranganathan Hosts Have I Got News For You

Episode five of the current series of Have I Got News For You will air on BBC One this Friday, 1st May at 8.30pm 
 
The guest presenter will be 

Interview: Matt Lucas

Matt Lucas fronts a new C4 series, Reasons To Be Cheerful, on Sunday nights at 7.30pm from April 26. Guests on the first show include Harry Hill (who devised the show and writes it with Matt), Ronan Keating, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Suzi Ruffell, Basil Brush, Roman Kemp, Judi Love and Jamie Laing.

Matt Lucas talks about the series below.

 

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News: Showstoppers Announce Alternative Eurovision Song Contest

In tribute to this year’s cancelled Eurovision Song Contest, Olivier Award-winning musical comedy improvisers The Showstoppers will deliver Europop’s favourite night of the year - direct into the world’s living rooms with their very own Alternative Eurovision Song Contest.

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News: Isolation Song Contest Fills Eurovision Hole with Guests Mel Giedroyc, Divina de Campo, Nick Helm, Tim Vine, Måns Zelmerlöw, Josie Long and Neil Hannon.

The cancellation of this year's Eurovision Song Contest left a continentally huge cultural gap but comedian and Eurovision fan Tom Taylor has big plans to fill that gap with the very first Isolation Song Contest.

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News: Online Comedy Night Attempts Guinness World Record For Most Visitors To A Virtual Pub

For one night only on 1st May at 8pm become part of an official Guinness World Records title attempt for the most visitors to a virtual pub

Join The Covid Arms ‘landlady’ Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and her celebrity guests; Russell Howard, Nish Kumar, Jon Richardson, Joel Dommett, Marcus Brigstocke, Rachel Parris, Lucy Beaumont, Jenny Ryan and Suzi Ruffell.

News: Stand Up Baptist Minister Appears On Britain's Got Talent

Liverpudlian Allan Finnegan is the third comedian to try their luck on this series of Britain's Got Talent. Though Finnegan is a stand-up with a difference. He is also a baptist minister. 

He is based in the Bootle area of Liverpool and has been gigging since 2012. On the show he performs in a dog collar, although judging by the YouTube clips this is not part of his usual stage outfit.

News: Comedians Join Grayson Perry For His New C4 Art Club

Grayson’s Art Club launches on Monday at 8pm on Channel 4. In each show Grayson Perry will help you battle lockdown boredom and take you on a journey of art discovery. The series will include masterclasses, top tips on how to get started with art, inspiration to get your creative juices flowing and most importantly, show you how to have fun and make an artistic mess whilst in lockdown.

Guests will include Vic Reeves, real name Jim Moir, Harry Hill, Jessica Hynes and Joe Lycett.

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News: Scrubs Comes To All4

Fans of Emmy Award winning series Scrubs rejoice! The hit medical-comedy is arriving, in its entirety, on All 4 from 1st May 2020 in a distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company.

Scrubs follows the life of intern John Dorian (Zach Braff) as he starts his medical career at Sacred Heart Hospital, which is bursting with eccentric staff and patients. His experiences and encounters with the people around him teach him about the profession, friendship and life.

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