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The six-month bursary, run by BBC’s Comedy Association is awarded to aspiring comedy writers, with the aim of making a positive interventi

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Awards handed out tonight Inside No. 9 has won the Bafta Award for scripted comedy. Here is Reece Shearsmith accepting the award in person, with the rest of the team on video link: His co-star and co-creator Steve Pemberton joked that accepting the award via video was like the crappest episode of Gogglebox. But he added more sincerely: We are so, so grateful. Its such a privilege to be able to go into peoples homes and make them laugh, or shudder, or cry, or whatever. And were so grateful to...

Eagled-eye viewers will once again spot Bolton on TV as production crews have been in town this week filming.

The 1994 meeting between Blair and Brown at the Granita restaurant in Islington, north London, shortly after John Smith’s death, is the founding myth of New Labour: the moment when Brown agreed to let Blair stand for the leadership, on certain conditions. In addition to Blair’s much disputed commitment to serve only two terms in office should he become prime minister, there was also his promise that Brown, as chancellor, would get control over the domestic policy agenda. At least the ...

Sophie Willan spotted filming Almas Not Normal in Bolton town centre Bolton comedy royalty Dave Spikey will also return to TV screens in the BBC series 15:01, 19 MAY 2021 Sophie Willan in Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, as filming continues on Almas Not Normal (Image: Manchester Evening News) For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you ...

The Upshaws, starring Mike Epps and Kim Fields, features a number of actors you may have seen on other projects.

Cast announced for Bolton-set sitcom Almas Not Normal Filming got underway in the town at the end of last month 17:09, 11 MAY 2021 Updated Siobhan Finneran (Lin), Sophie Willan (Alma), Lorraine Ashbourne (Joan), and Nicholas Asbury (Jim) (Image: MATT SQUIRE/BBC) For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these...

BOLTON funnyman Dave Spikey has been cast in a new BBC series. The Phoenix Nights star will be appearing in Almas Not Normal, a comedy penned by Boltons Sophie Willan. Filming has recently taken place inside Bolton Library and Museum ­— with Alma Unit signs being posted on lampposts in the crescent. A pilot TV episode of the comedy was shown on BBC2 last year and such has been the response from audiences and critics alike that the BBC commissioned a further five episodes. A delighted...

Thanyia Moore, Dave Spikey and Ben Willbond to appear in Sophie Willan’s sitcom Chortle last week reported how filming had begun on the six-part series in Bolton and Central Manchester, following the success of a pilot last year. Now the BBC has officially confirmed the show’s return with the core cast all coming back. Willan, who wrote the semi-autobiographical series, plays Alma with  Siobhan Finneran  as her mum Lin; Lorraine Ashbourne as her Nan Joan, Jayde Adams as Alma’s best frie...