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Latest · 25 Sep 2026 · 01:03
On 13 May 2025, Mark Davyd of Music Venue Trust sat in front of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. He did the sum out…
River Leanox · 10 min read
Five funded slots, a Monday deadline in November, and a bouncer on the door. BBC Comedy and Liverpool Film Office want original 30-minute comedy concepts…
“We’re no longer really earning enough from ads to pay everyone properly.” That line comes from Richard Herring’s own Substack. It’s the part of the…
The four chairs for Richard Osman’s last week of House of Games have gone to comedians. Chortle reported on 23 September that Miles Jupp, Cariad…
The brief is still up, and it still wants 2028 The Channel 4 comedy brief has sat on the broadcaster’s 4Producers site for months. It…
Kirsty Munro is down for £3,510. Alfie Moore’s company is listed at £2,886, Alexis Dubus’s at £2,034, Jason Neale at £1,808. Those four names sit…
That Mitchell and Webb Look has returned to BBC iPlayer for its 20th anniversary with all four series present and 11 sketches missing. That is…
Three comics have turned the money they say would have paid for their combined Edinburgh Fringe runs into an 88-minute comedy film. Matthew Highton, Briony…
By River Leanox Fifty-three selected comedy shorts are being squeezed into four London screenings this week. By the weekend, the audience will be watching them…
Is your Fringe show ready to tour? A Fringe show is ready to tour when you can show that an audience may want it and…
