Jerry Seinfeld arrives for his latest Netflix special by helicopter and beats the New York traffic by jumping out and landing in the water. It's a) pretty impressive for a 65-year-old stand-up comedian and b) probably the riskiest thing in this special.
You don't go to Seinfeld for artistic envelope-pushing or taboo-busting. You go for solid, concentrated comedy about our human foibles with not a word wasted. And that's pretty much what you get here. Nothing less, but nothing more.
The funeral has taken place of Carol Sarler, who was the first regular newspaper comedy critic in the UK.
Sarler died in April. Her death was not Covid19-related, but because of restrictions only eight people were allowed at the funeral and had to socially distance.
The acclaimed Ricky Gervais series After Life is to return for a third series on Netflix.
Jordan Brookes won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2019 for I've Got Nothing, a show that was substantially improvised. But this show, Bleed, from 2018, is the show that should have won him the award. It was the sequel to his breakthrough Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated set Body of Work, and cemented his reputation as one of comedy's most trippy talents, taking comedy for strolls into strange places.
Comedian campaigner and much more Mark Thomas has launched a new weekly podcast, entitled The Things About Us, in which he explores Britishness, identity and, knowing what Thomas is like, a considerable number of other things.
"In the future, everyone will have 15 minutes of podcast*…and now it’s this idiots turn."
In Things About Us Thomas takes a gander at identity and British Exceptionalism in his inimitable style of wondering out loud and proclaiming.
Radio 4 is to broadcast a one-off lockdown special of Down The Line, the groundbreaking spoof phone-in show hosted by Gary Bellamy and brought to you from the creators of The Fast Show, Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson. Down The Line: Lockdown Special stars Rhys Thomas as Bellamy with Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Charlie Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse and is on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds on Thursday 14 May at 11pm.
A special lockdown edition of Channel 4's hit sitcom Stath Lets Flats is in the pipeline.
The show's creator and star Jamie Demetriou, who plays hapless lettings agent Stath, posted a picture of the cast in their Celebrity Squares-style Zoom boxes alongside a tweet saying: "Michael & Eagle Lockdowned - A Stath Lets Flats short, coming soon..."
Stath's Zoom name in the picture is "Stath da Killa".
Redknapp’s Home Fixture, a new entertainment series on Sky One and NOW TV launches this week, featuring Jamie Redknapp, his dad and his best mate; BAFTA-winning comedian Tom Davis, the star of King Gary (pictured).
Stand-up comedy night isobelly laughs is going online for a lockdown special on Thursday, May 7 at 7.30pm.
The headline act is Sophie Duker (8 Out of 10 Cats, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Mock the Week).
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