All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
More than 200 expected for three-day event
14/06/2025 … Organisers of the Aberdeen Fringe Festival have put out a final call to those who want to perform at this year’s event, before tomorrow’s deadline.
© Bobbi Rich As his alter-ego Mister Romantic at the Soho Theatre Walthamstow
13/06/2025 … Oscar-nominated actor John C.
13/06/2025 … Peter Kay is to release his fifth book, formatted as a series of monthly ‘memories and meanderings’.
© BBC / Studio Lambert Media Public school comedy to return for third and final series
12/06/2025 … Public school comedy Boarders is to return for a third and final series, the BBC has announced.
© BBC Comic condemned as ‘unacceptable’ after Would I Lie To You? joke falls flat
12/06/2025 … David Walliams has been criticised for jokingly making Nazi salutes during a recording of Would I Lie To You? The BBC and production company Zeppotron has…
© Rumpus Media Two-part documentary coming to Channel 4
11/06/2025 … Johnny Vegas has made a Channel 4 documentary about how he was diagnosed with ADHD while attempting to create a piece of public art for his hometown of St Helens.
© TriForce Productions Chizzy Akudolu becomes host, and Richard Blackwood a team captain
11/06/2025 … ITV has renewed its black history panel show Sorry I Didn’t Know – with team captain Chizzy Akudolu taking over as host.
Birmingham suburb hosts almost 50 shows in four days
11/06/2025 … The Kings Heath Comedy Festival is returning to Birmingham for a second year.
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