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Tim Minchin & Tom Allen working on the TV BAFTAs
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced that Tim Minchin will be opening and closing this year's star-studded Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2020 with a special musical performance.
Ahead of the BBC One show, comedian Tom Allen is also announced today as host of the Virgin Media BAFTA TV Pre-Show, which will stream live on BAFTA's social channels (YouTube, Twitter and Facebook) from 18:00 BST, leading up to the main event.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th July 2020Comedians tell us why we need to save live comedy
Five quid tickets, a back room in a pub and a lone microphone stand are the formula for some of the best nights. But now, with venues still closed, the future prospects of live comedy are looking bleak.
Zoe Paskett, Evening Standard, 22nd July 2020Jessica Fostekew presents live episode of her podcast
Joining her will be Tom Allen, Briony May Williams and Zoe Adjonyoh.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th July 2020Tom Allen to publish his autobiography
Tom Allen is to publish his memoir. No Shame, which is about growing up in 90s suburbia, will be published 12th November.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd July 2020There's Something About Movies returning to Sky for Series 3
Sky One has ordered a third series of panel show There's Something About Movies, plus new runs of A League Of Their Own and its European Road Trip spin-off.
British Comedy Guide, 29th June 2020TV preview - Comedians: Home Alone
Following E4's Remote Comedy From The Paddock the BBC launches with their own self-shot lockdown rapidfire sketch show. And on the basis of the first episodes - not that this is a competition - the BBC has the edge.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020Tom Allen to host documentary series about TV adverts
Channel 4 has ordered Tom Allen: Ad Man, a four-part series in which the comedian will celebrate 65 years of the nation's best-loved and most outrageous TV adverts.
British Comedy Guide, 29th April 2020BBC Two orders Comedians Playing With Themselves
BBC Two is to broadcast a new short-form series called Comedians Playing With Themselves, in which comics are tasked with entertaining the nation from their homes.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2020Comedians' all-time favourite stand-up routines
Top comics pick the routines that make them howl with laughter, from Eddie Murphy on Rocky to Eddie Izzard on penknives and Michelle Wolf on women's worst enemies.
Ben Williams, The Guardian, 6th April 2020Comedy videos to raise your spirits
Self-isolating comedians are working from home to bring a little light relief to the nation. Here's a roundup of some of the funniest.
Chris Wiegand, The Guardian, 30th March 2020