All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mark Steel, John O’Farrell, Shappi Khorsandi and Brenda Gilhooly
03/01/2020 … Mark Steel, John O’Farrell, Shappi Khorsandi and Brenda Gilhooly have all been added to the line-up for the Chortle Book Festival.
© BBC 03/01/2020 … Noel Fielding has teased a possible return of The Mighty Boosh.
Starring Katherine Parkinson as Barbara
03/01/2020 … The Good Life is set for a stage revival, with the IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson cast as Barbara.
Catch-up viewing brings ratings to 17million – making it the biggest scripted TV show of the 2010s
02/01/2020 … The final viewing figures are in for Gavin & Stacey – and they make the Christmas special the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s.
© BBC 02/01/2020 … The BBC is launching the next series of This Country with a free preview screening in the Cotswolds.
Beating Kevin Hart into No2 in the UK
01/01/2020 … Jack Whitehall’s Christmas With My Father was most watched Netflix live comedy special in the UK in 2019.
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