Every autumn I judge a competition for UK Gold to find new jokes for Christmas crackers. Tom Binns should enter - the humour in his multi-character-based vehicle Hospital People is just the right mix of corn and cheese for my yuletide challenge.
An odd couple travelling together in a car who love each but can’t say it? A four-part series on the BBC ending this week? We are not talking about Car Share but Bucket, starring Miriam Margolyes as eccentric mum Mim and Frog Stone (who also wrote this) as long-suffering daughter Fran.
Mrs Brown's Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll said "The whole family are thrilled with the reception the show has received on Saturday nights. Although our focus right now is on the Christmas Specials of our regular Mrs Brown's Boys show, we are excited that 2018 will see party time at the Brown's house again."
In an echo of recent events at the Fyre Festival comedian/actor Seth Rogen has revealed that he is working on a film about a festival that goes wrong,
Never mind the new competitors this time round, what about the new face-fuzz on Greg Davies? The towering presenter is either nurturing designer stubble, belatedly growing a hipster beard or has just been too busy to shave for the first episode of the new series of Taskmaster. But actually that’s the only real change for this fourth run of the game show which truly brings out the competitive side of comedians.
Improvising hip hop combo Abandoman has been forced to cancel a run of gigs in New Zealand after front man Rob Broderick injured himself during a show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Update 26/4: Due to demand Jason Manford has added 15 extra shows to his 2018 UK tour. Tickets go on sale at 10am on Wednesday 26 April 2017 here.
Let’s make one thing crystal clear. The death of Victoria Wood last year was a tragedy. Not just for her family but for comedy. She was only 62 years old and was still at her creative peak. The only consolation was that she left behind an enormous body of phenomenal work. And it’s that body of work that dominates this six-part series paying homage to a bona fide comedy legend.
For Edith (Alison Steadman), life is pretty good.
Comedian Stephen Bailey has spoken out about the lack of gay comedians on panel shows. In his new video clip he asks "Where are the gays? Where are we? Like Mock The Week, I've not seen a gay man on that in years.
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