News: Benidorm and Big Bang Theory Win Awards

ITV comedy Benidorm and US sitcom Big Bang Theory were two of the winners at the TV Choice Awards last night.

The Spain-set ITV comedy, which co-stars Johnny Vegas and Steve Pemberton, picked up Best Comedy, while the American geekcom picked up Best International show.

Here is a list of the full winners.

 

 

Best soap - EastEnders

Best new drama - Poldark

Best drama series - Broadchurch

Best actor - David Tennant, Broadchurch

Best actress - Sheridan Smith, Cilla

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News: Comedian's Bar Story Goes Global

The story about Welsh comedian Elis James’ pithy response to a request for an interview following Wales’ Euro 2016 qualifier victory against Cyprus has continued to spread around the world.

James, XFM Radio presenter and star of BBC3 sitcom Crims, was asked via Twitter if he would be prepared to talk later on Thursday evening on Radio 4’s World Tonight about his country’s rise up the football ranks. James’ tweeted back: “I will be shit-faced unfortunately.”

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News: Submissions Open For Comedy Film Festival

Submissions are now open for the 2016 LOCO London Comedy Film Festival. The festival will be returning for its fifth year at BFI Southbank and selected cinemas next April. 

New British shorts and feature films that have not had theatrical distribution, and new international comedy feature films that have never been screened in the UK are all eligible for inclusion.

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Podcast Review: Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with Bridget Christie

Richard Herring’s latest podcast comes complete with an elephant in the room. Unless I missed it his interview with Bridget Christie doesn’t contain any mention of her “fictional husband”, aka Herring’s comedy partner Stewart Lee. 

This felt like a strange unexplained – as I said, unless I missed it – omission. If anyone is in a position to discuss Christie’s relationship with Lee and do a bit of a compare-and-contrast it is Herring.

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News: Release Date For Horrible Histories Does The Bard

Bill, the new film about the life of William Shakespeare from the stars of Horrible Histories, is to be released in the UK on September 18.

News: Foster's Comedy Awards Season At Soho Theatre Confirmed

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards has announced their fourth annual Foster’s Winner and Nominees Season at the Soho Theatre.  Sam Simmons, Tom Ballard, Tom Parry and Adam Hess are all confirmed, with further names to be announced. In what was a record-breaking year, with the longest judging debate in its 35 year history, Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards is proud to showcase the comedy stars of tomorrow. Details below. Tickets and info here.

 

 

News: Best of the Fest & More Comes to King's Place

The headliners for this year’s King's Place Festival have been announced. Award-winning comedians Andrew Maxwell and Ardal O’Hanlon headline on Friday, September 11 and Sunday,  September 13, joining a comedy line-up including Tony Law, Felicity Ward and Lazy Susan.

Opinion: That'll Teach Me To Google Myself...

OK, serves me right for googling my name on Twitter. As the end of the Fringe approached I wrote a piece speculating on who might make the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award shortlist. For my sins I did not pick out many women, mentioning that it was “not a strong female field this year”. 

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TV Preview: Ruby Robinson, Sky Arts

At the Edinburgh Fringe this August Foster’s Awards director Nica Burns called on TV networks to invest in comedy. Sky is certainly doing their bit already. This week a new series of physical comedy-inspired one-offs starts on Sky Arts. The series features the likes of Johnny Vegas, John Kearns, Sam Simmons and Kevin Eldon. But first up they’ve got a really big gun…

News: David Walliams Previews New Sketch Show

David Walliams tried out material for his new sketch show last night.

The comedian/writer/actor, whose drama series Partners In Crime has just been transmitted, performed the new material at the 60-seat Hen & Chickens Theatre in Islington last night. He was joined by comedians Mike Wozniak, Morgana Robinson and special guest Joanna Lumley.

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