News Exclusive: Noel Fielding Talks About His Role In Upstart Crow

Noel Fielding has spoken exclusively to Beyond The Joke about his role in the second series of Ben Elton's Shakespearean sitcom Upstart Crow.

Fielding recently finished filming his role as a glamorous Elizabethan musician who collaborates with Shakespeare on a comedy in the episode entitled Food of Love. "I play Thomas Morley, who writes popular madrigals! He is a kind of rock star of his day. It was great fun!"

News: Noel Fielding And Emma Thompson Join Upstart Crow Cast

As revealed earlier this week on Beyond The Joke Noel Fielding is one of the star guests in the second series of the Ben Elton sitcom Upstart Crow. It has also been announced that Emma Thompson will appear in the Christmas Special as Queen Elizabeth I.

News: Line Up Announced For UK Pun Championships Final 2017

UK Punday is to return for a second year to take puns nationwide.

News: Award Wins For Fleabag Writer and John Finnemore

Creator of BBC3 hit Fleabag Phoebe Waller-Bridge and comedy writer/performer John Finnemore are among this year's Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards winners.

Comedian, actor and writer Meera Syal hosted the annual event honouring the cream of British film, TV, theatre, radio and gaming writing talent.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge was awarded Best TV Situation Comedy prize for Fleabag. John Finnemore won Best Radio Comedy for John Finnemore’s Double Acts.

News: Double Award Win For Red Dwarf In Comedy.co.uk Awards - Full Results Here

Red Dwarf is the big winner in this year's Comedy.co.uk Awards. The sci-fi sitcom bagged two first prizes, being voted "Comedy Of The Year 2016" and "Best Returning TV Sitcom 2016" title. The winners are voted for by the public.

Ben Elton's Upstart Crow, starring David Mitchell, was voted "Best New TV Sitcom 2016" and Taskmaster won Best TV Entertainment Show.

Full Results below with the winner followed by the nominees.

 

Best New TV Sitcom 2016: Winner - Upstart Crow

News: The Best Donald Trump Spoof Twitter Account

It’s the ultimate mash-up nobody could have predicted. Donald Trump has collided with Bridget Jones in the parody Twtter account Bridget Trump’s Diary. 

The account was created earlier this month by comedian Tiffany Stevenson, who simply imagined what the tweets of the fictional character played by Renee Zellweger would look like if they were written by the 45th President of America.

News: BBC/Amazon Makes Neil Gaiman/Terry Pratchett Comedy Project

BBC Studios, the BBC’s main TV production arm, will be the production partner for a major new Amazon and BBC commissioned series Good Omens, a six-part comedy based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and Terry Pratchett (Colour Of Magic).

Set to broadcast in 2018 on Amazon Prime Video and the BBC, Good Omens is written by Gaiman, who will also serve as Showrunner.

News: Free Tickets For Filming Of Porridge Reboot

The new version of prison sitcom Porridge, starring Kevin Bishop, starts filming in February.

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TV: Revolting, BBC2, Episode 3

Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein take some pretty good swipes at the state of the nation in the third episode of their latest series. The sketch that is likely to ruffle the most feathers is the one on Forced Marriages, subtitled “Seriously, Don’t Tell The Bride”, in which all the arrangements are done for the happy day without the bride being present. Brother Mehat is looking forward to the big day, with one reservation: “I do wish my dad hadn’t threatened to have her hanged if she said no.”

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Review: Uncle, BBC3, Episode 3

There is lots going on in the third episode of the final series of Uncle. Things seem to be looking up for the music career of Andy (Nick Helm). After producing a recording session for newcomer Jasmine (Emily Bevan), he finds himself embarking on a drug-fuelled bender with her, only to wake up in the morning and discover that they are engaged.

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