Following its successful premiere in the U.S., E4 has announced it will be bringing the new female caped crusader to UK screens after acquiring the much-anticipated WBTV series, Batwoman. Starring Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black) as the DC Super Hero, the series will be coming to E4 in 2020 in a deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.
The Comedy.co.uk Awards shortlist has been revealed. 430 new British comedy shows on TV and radio in 2019 have now been whittled down to a shortlist of just 60. As well as individual categories one of the 60 shortlisted titles will be crowned Comedy Of The Year. Fans can vote for their favourites at this link here.
Voting closes on Sunday 26th January 2020 at 11:59pm. The winners will be announced on Monday 27th January.
Comedy band The Horne Section has extended its biggest UK tour to date due to overwhelming demand for tickets after their latest show That’s How I Like My Tour enjoyed a sell-out run in 2019. The extension runs from 16th March to 15th July 2020, with two special shows at London’s iconic jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s on 27th and 28th April, marking the band’s ten year anniversary in the place where it all began.
Channel 4 has commissioned Chivalry, a six-part comedy drama from Baby Cow Productions. Written by and starring Sarah Solemani (Him and Her, Barry) and Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, Philomena) Chivalry skewers and satirises the complex state of contemporary sexual politics, while asking if romance can survive in the post #MeToo era.
Streaming Service NextUp has announced its next batch of releases. There are specials from Casual Violence, Ashley Hayden, Njambi McGrath, Lou Conran and Alexander Bennett.
The mega-success of the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special demonstrated that when a family sitcom touches a nerve it can get massive audiences and pretty healthy reviews too. So it's no surprise that TV wants to tap into that market on a regular basis.
The Whyte & Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) has announced its full programme. This year's festival runs from 12 – 29 March 2020. Sixty venues across Glasgow are taking part – the most ever in the festival’s history.
David Baddiel is to present a documentary about Holocaust denial as part of a BBC season marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The Holocaust is one of the most documented, witnessed and written about events in history, so why is Holocaust denial back on the political agenda? What has happened in the 75 years since the liberation of the camps to have so skewed the picture? And, if it matters, why does it matter?
Zoe Lyons is to star in a self-penned Radio 4 comedy.
In No Gods No Golf Lyons plays 'Zoe', who is a single, gay, 40-something low-level criminal defence lawyer.
Unite is a new sitcom starring Claire Skinner (Outnumbered), Radio 4 favourite Mark Steel (In Town With Mark Steel, News Quiz), Mark’s son Elliot Steel (Roast Battles, Comedy Central At The Comedy Store) and rising comedy star Ivo Graham (Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award’ nominee 2019, HIGNFY).
It will air on Radio 4 on January 17 at 11.30am as part of BBC Radio 4's latest Comedy Playhouse season.
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