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Channel 4 launches Jokes Only A ... Can Tell series
Monday 16th May 2022
Channel 4 has ordered the online series Jokes Only A ... Can Tell, showcasing Muslim, disabled, Jewish, Nigerian and lesbian acts.
Rosie Jones, Jordan Brookes and Kiell Smith-Bynoe land Channel 4 Blaps
Wednesday 13th April 2022
Channel 4 has announced seven new Comedy Blaps, including shorts for Rosie Jones, Jordan Brookes, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Harry Trevaldwyn.
Nigel Ng and Evelyn Mok get Comedy Central sketch show East Mode
Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Comedy Central is to launch a new sketch show on Friday via its YouTube and Facebook channels. East Mode stars Nigel Ng and Evelyn Mok, and will air on television later this year.
Huge Davies lands Channel 4 sitcom The Artists
Thursday 16th December 2021
Musical comedian Huge Davies has landed a semi-improvised, guerilla Channel 4 sitcom about buskers. The Artists also features Helen Bauer, Sunil Patel, Sinead Parker, Neil O'Rourke and Travis Jay.
Comedy Central Live to feature 40 comics
Tuesday 14th December 2021
Rosie Jones, Lost Voice Guy, Suzi Ruffell and Ivo Graham are some of the 40 comedians featuring in new stand-up series Comedy Central Live, coming to YouTube and Facebook in January 2022.
Channel 4 orders Celebrity Rebrand from Amelia Dimoldenberg
Friday 3rd December 2021
Comedian Amelia Dimoldenberg has made a new 6-part series for Channel 4's social media channels. Celebrity Rebrand will see the comic make-over a range of other comedians and celebrities, including Jimmy Carr and Clare Balding.
Rosie Jones's 'Mission: Accessible' returns for Series 2
Thursday 29th July 2021
Rosie Jones is to front a second series of short-form disability travelogue Mission: Accessible for Channel 4's YouTube channel.
Flaps returns to Comedy Central for Series 2
Monday 26th July 2021
Amy Gledhill is among the new stars of Comedy Central's female-led sketch strand Flaps, which returns for a second series on 5th August.
Kurupt FM wins Best Comedy Podcast 2021
Monday 12th July 2021
The Kurupt FM Podkast won the Best Comedy Podcast title at the British Podcast Awards 2021. There were also wins for The Skewer and impressionist Jess Robinson's Stars In Your Ears.
Jordan Brookes to record his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show
Tuesday 22nd June 2021
Jordan Brookes, Jessica Fostekew, Janine Harouni, Kai Samra, Sindhu Vee, Sarah Keyworth, Catherine Bohart, Nina Conti, Desiree Burch and Kieran Hodgson are amongst those set to record stand-up specials for Soho Theatre On Demand and Amazon Prime.