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Pleasance announces a new batch of Fringe 2022 shows
Tim Vine, Nick Mohammed, Nick Helm and Jayde Adams are among the comics to have announced new Edinburgh Fringe shows today.
Chortle, 3rd May 2022Comedians Giving Lectures Series 2 and 3 line-ups revealed
Filming is underway on two more series of Comedians Giving Lectures, the Dave show hosted by Sara Pascoe. The list of comedians taking part has now been revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 16th July 2021Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Nick Helm, Jen Brister, Hal Cruttenden, Felicity Ward and children's television presenter Dave Benson Phillips are among the wealth of comic talent to feature in a new Channel 4 sketch series.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Sky backs comedies
Sky has reiterated its commitment to comedy, as work resumes on several of its shows. A fourth series of Brassic is being written, Breeders looks set to return for a third series, and drafting is underway on a third series of Intelligence. Further episodes of The Reluctant Landlord were also in development before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2021Uncle to be adapted for South Korea
BBC Studios has announced the first-ever commissioning of comedy series, Uncle, as a local format in South Korea.
Jon Creamer, Televisual, 23rd March 2021Nick Helm's Phoenix From The Flames to get screening
Fresh from coaching Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to victory in Channel 4's Stand Up And Deliver (Stand Up To Cancer), Nick Helm will be streaming his critically acclaimed show Phoenix From The Flames, for one night only. And it's also available for download!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th March 2021TV review: Stand Up And Deliver, Part Two, C4
It was always going to be tough to top last week's hilarious, compelling opening episode in which five comics mentored five non-comics to prep them for a stand up gig, but this second show in which we see those gigs does a pretty good job. Stand by for more moments that you can only watch through your fingers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 4th March 2021Stand Up & Deliver: review by Victoria Coren Mitchell
When Channel 4 tried to teach stand-up comedy, a funny thing happened...
Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Telegraph, 27th February 2021Stand Up And Deliver, C4 review
I don't know if the best celeb comic gets a prize, but Jason Manford deserves an award for patience above and beyond the call of duty.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 26th February 2021Stand Up & Deliver review
Never laughed at a Tory? That could change.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 26th February 2021