UKTV is launching two new comedy podcasts for Dave. A companion to the critically acclaimed TV series, Hypothetical: The Podcast will be hosted by James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe and will launch 5th May. Jordan Brookes: Look At What You’ve Done, hosted by Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes, will launch late May.
BAFTA-winning comedian, voice of Love Island and co-creator and star of Buffering, Iain Stirling is set to release his first Amazon Original stand-up special Failing Upwards exclusively on Prime Video in over 200 countries and territories on 27th May.
Comedian and singer Charlie Baker has been announced as the titular role in Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]. Baker has exercised his comedy chops on shows The Last Leg, Harry Hill’s Tea Time, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, The Great British Bake-Off: An Extra Slice, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live, The Dog Ate My Homework and Channel 4’s Comedy Gala.
DMs Are Open is the new showcase for the public’s comedy writing talents on Radio 4 and 4 Extra. This debut six-part series will feature a mixture of sketches, one liners, and voice notes written by listeners. Hosts Athena Kugblenu [Mock The Week, The News Quiz] and Ali Official [social media content creator and star of Muzlamic] will be joined by a cast of comedians who bring to life gags submitted by contributors.
Quickfire comedian Lee Mack is on a bit of a roll at the moment. Over on BBC One he is co-host of Freeze The Fear With Wim Hof with Holly Willoughby and it looks like he has another hit on his hands with primetime quiz show The 1% Club.
Have you ever wondered how clever you are? Do you think you might be in the top 50% of the country? The top 10% Or even the top 1%? This is your chance to find out as Mack hosts the brand new quiz.
Following the multiple award-winning first series, which was met with huge critical and audience acclaim, Alma’s Not Normal is set to return to BBC Two for a second series, it was announced today.
Julia McKenzie, currently Creative Director at BBC Studios Audio, has been announced as the new Radio 4 Comedy and Entertainment Commissioner. She will start this new position in the summer.
The role will see McKenzie commission top pitches from both independent and BBC in-house programme makers, continuing Radio 4’s unrivalled array of sketch, panel, quiz shows, sitcoms and more.
Following a successful pilot a full series of sideways family sitcom Here We Go launches on BBC One at 8.30pm on Friday 29th April and will also be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer. It stars Alison Steadman, Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick and Tom Basden and is written by Tom Basden.
Interview with Jim Howick
A number of classic and cult comedies are to be broadcast on Radio 4 Extra as part of a season exploring the legacy of the 1990s, including early shows from Stewart Lee and Richard Herring and The League of Gentlemen.
As part of What Really Happened in the Nineties?, from May 7 - 13 each night at 11pm, Comedy Club host Jon Holmes goes retro to remind us how each series came about and to assess their comedic influence and legacy, as many later moved to TV.
The makers of Britain's Got Talent have come under fire after it has emerged that comedian Axel Blake, who bagged a Golden Buzzer on Sunday night, has already had a stand-up special on Amazon's Prime Video platform.
Axel Blake: I'm Not Gonna Lie, was filmed at the Indigo2 in London. It is not currently available, but shows that Blake is not exactly a new talent.
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