Chortle Digest: White Gold, Sky's summer shorts ☀ and more...

No 786
June 30, 2017

BBC Two has commissioned a second series of White Gold

Adrian Edmondson is to make his debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company

Jack Whitehall is filming a Netflix special

E4 comedy series Drifters will not be returning, creator Jessica Knappett has revealed.

A forgotten sitcom starring Ronnie Corbett and written by Graham Chapman and Barry Cryer is to be released on DVD for the first time next month.

Vic Reeves is to be a contestant on the next series of Celebrity MasterChef.

CBBC has commissioned a fourth series of its comedy series So Awkward

Sarah Millican has announced a 2018 tour, as has Britain's Got Talent comedian Daliso Chaponda

And the Barking Mad Comedy agency has closed, with its owner blaming the state of the live comedy industry.

TV
Sky's Summer Comedy Shorts

Radio:
Josie Long and Liam Williams in Perimeter

Live:
Judith Lucy and Denise Scott: Disappointments
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows

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Edinburgh Fringe Previews at Battersea Arts Centre

Dane Baptiste and a double-bill from Ahir Shah and Finn Taylor (10 July) kicks off a season of Edinburgh Fringe previews at Battersea Arts Centre. Two jam-packed weeks from big name comics and bright new acts including Sara Pascoe, Nish Kumar, Ed Gamble, Shazia Mirza, and double bills from Graham Dickson & Tom Neenan, Emma Sidi & Phil Dunning. All £6-10. Bargain.

Battersea Arts Centre, July 10 to 22

Susie Youseff's List of Ways Not To Die, Jim Jefferies on US healthcare and Theresa May and the Holy Grail, among many more.

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