Griff Rhys Jones has sent intrigued scholars (well, me) rushing to the linguistic reference books (well, google) after he claimed that his late comedy partner Mel Smith was responsible for coining the phrase "the Dog's Bollocks".
Publisher Faber has acquired Weirdo, the first novel from comedian Sara Pascoe. It will be published on 14th September 2023.
Off Menu duo James Acaster and Ed Gamble have been confirmed for the special edition of Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up To Cancer.
The comedians, who are the co-hosts of the hit podcast Off Menu, had previously let the news slip out during Gamble's Radio X show last summer. Gamble broadcast his show in hiding and then the twosome released a video in which they taunted the hunters by appearing everywhere from on a rollercoaster to Hogwarts and the White Cliffs of Dover thanks to judicious use of green screen.
Ahead of International Women's Day six women performing at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival (GICF) give their advice to women who might consider stepping on the comedy stage. GICF spoke to women at different stages of their comedy careers, and here is some of the advice they had to offer.
US comedian Sam Morrison brings his show ‘Sugar Daddy’ to London’s Soho Theatre for the first time. The dates are Wednesday 17th May – Saturday 20th May and follows on from his last critically acclaimed UK month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022.
Eddie Izzard has said that she would also like to be addressed as Suzy in the future.
The comedian was speaking to comedian Matt Forde for his Political Party podcast, which is out now here.
She is not completely changing though. "“’m gonna be Suzy Eddie Izzard”, she said. “I’ll put Suzy there and then Eddie and then people can choose what they want and no one can go wrong!”
The official trailer for the fourth and final season of Succession has been released. It will be available exclusively from 27 March on Sky Atlantic and NOW.
Mega fans of the award-winning show will not miss out on the global excitement with each episode available at the same time as the US premiere each week at 2am, and on demand thereafter.
BBC Studios has made three new appointments working across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio. Ella Woods takes up the newly created role of Development Producer, whilst Kate Dehnert and Cody Dahler (pictured) join as staff writers.
HarperCollins Publishers has acquired World English Language rights to T.V: Big Adventures on the Small Screen, by Britain’s best-loved comedian, Peter Kay. Managing Director Kate Elton and Publishing Director Joel Simons negotiated the deal for HarperNonFiction with Charlotte Robertson, at Robertson Murray. T.V. will be published in September 2023 and supported by a huge marketing and publicity campaign.
Nick Mohammed and Diane Morgan have both signed development deals with BBC Studios.
Variety has reported that they have signed deals for development, co-production and distribution of new scripted material, which BBC Studios "will rep and distribute internationally."
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