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Ahir Shah, Flo & Joan, and Olga Koch up for Melbourne Comedy Award
Shah is nominated for his show Ends, which won the Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2023, while Olga Koch Comes From Money and One Man Musical debuted at last year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Chortle, 16th April 2025
Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won't get
Janice Okoh on her pride that her new BBC3 comedy Just Act Normal has 'darker-skinned, working class black girls' in the central roles.
Janice Okoh, The Big Issue, 16th April 2025
The Penguin Lessons review
Steve Coogan seabird comedy drama tries to sell feelgood mood.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 16th April 2025
John Shuttleworth review
Graham Fellows' creation is still gloriously enjoyable.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 16th April 2025
The Penguin Lessons review
Think Dead Penguins Society.
David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 16th April 2025
The Penguin Lessons review
Starring Steve Coogan as a jaded teacher in 1970s Argentina, The Penguin Lessons is a whimsical misfire.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 16th April 2025
Just Act Normal review
To watch this wonderful show is to see stars being born.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 16th April 2025
The Penguin Lessons review
Steve Coogan's English teacher takes up a position at a boarding school in Buenos Aries in the 1970s, where a military coup and a penguin upend his life.
John Nathan, The Jewish Chronicle, 16th April 2025
SNL UK is on the hunt for new talent - it should look to our stages
Across the UK is a huge reservoir of stage performers with comedic instincts making short-form content (which is, ultimately, what SNL is) in their changing rooms or between jobs.
Alex Wood, What's On Stage, 16th April 2025Podcasts
TV & radio
9pm36 min
Just Act Normal
Episode 1 - JackieWhen their mother disappears, Tiana, Tionne and Tanika fight to hide the truth from the outside world in order to stay together as a family. As Tiana struggles to keep their regular lives afloat, Tionne displaces his grief and Tanika tries to convince her teacher to adopt them, chaos erupts when their mum's hapless drug dealer, Dr Feelgood, moves in.
9:35pm45 min
Just Act Normal
Episode 2 - FeelgoodThe siblings' secret is exposed. Tiana plans to escape but fails and is forced to confront her estranged dad. Feelgood offers to help, but there's a catch - he wants to move in.
11pm15 min
DMs Are Open
Series 4, Episode 5 - EnemiesStevie Martin is back with more DMs and each week she's joined by this lovely gang of comedy legends: Al Roberts, Charlotte Ritchie, Sunil Patel and Emily Lloyd-Saini.
11:15pm15 min
The Skewer
Series 13, Episode 1 - Man of Steel and Art of the DealThis week: Charlie XCX is bumpin' that with Donald Trump, Minecraft Movie vs Russia, and Starmer: Man of Steel.