BBC Radio 4 has today launched Jokes, a new comedy podcast feed that brings together top picks from the station’s original comedy in one place. Available to subscribe on BBC Sounds and RSS, Jokes will combine brand new series with highlights from the archive, providing comedy fans with an easy way to find the latest content from their favourite comedians.
First up in the feed will be Nora Meadows’ Week of Wellness, a new sitcom starring Katy Wix as a therapist trying to help her clients (and herself) find wellness. This series is a joint commission between BBC Comedy and Radio 4 following a non-broadcast pilot last year.
Jokes is set to include further TV co-commissions too, including Icklewick FM, written by and starring Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill of The Delightful Sausage. Set in a fictional Yorkshire radio station, the show follows the residents of Icklewick as they discuss...
First up in the feed will be Nora Meadows’ Week of Wellness, a new sitcom starring Katy Wix as a therapist trying to help her clients (and herself) find wellness. This series is a joint commission between BBC Comedy and Radio 4 following a non-broadcast pilot last year.
Jokes is set to include further TV co-commissions too, including Icklewick FM, written by and starring Amy Gledhill and Chris Cantrill of The Delightful Sausage. Set in a fictional Yorkshire radio station, the show follows the residents of Icklewick as they discuss...
- 12/8/2023
- Podnews.net
The Shubert Foundation has awarded a record 37.6 million in unrestricted grants to not-for-profit theaters, dance companies, academic theater training programs, and related service agencies, and in addition has made two 1 million gifts to create endowed scholarships for theater students at Spelman College and Morehouse College, two of the most prominent HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).
The grants and gifts were announced by the Foundation today. The 37.6 million figure tops last year’s record-setting 32.1 million by 5.5 million.
“We are delighted to increase both our funding and the number of our grantees this year,” said Diana Phillips, President of The Shubert Foundation, in a statement. “While it has been exciting to see life return to the performing arts, Covid has dealt a terrible blow and there remains enormous need everywhere.”
Established in 1945 by theater impresarios Lee and J.J. Shubert to honor their brother Sam, the Foundation today is the nation...
The grants and gifts were announced by the Foundation today. The 37.6 million figure tops last year’s record-setting 32.1 million by 5.5 million.
“We are delighted to increase both our funding and the number of our grantees this year,” said Diana Phillips, President of The Shubert Foundation, in a statement. “While it has been exciting to see life return to the performing arts, Covid has dealt a terrible blow and there remains enormous need everywhere.”
Established in 1945 by theater impresarios Lee and J.J. Shubert to honor their brother Sam, the Foundation today is the nation...
- 6/22/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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