All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels ...but laughing with friends decreases it
18/06/2022 … Watching sitcoms could give you indigestion, scientists have suggested – but laughing with friends is likely to reduce it.
17/06/2022 … The BBC is running a series of free comedy workshops on Zoom this weekend.
17/06/2022 … A statue of Bobby Ball is to be unveiled in his Lancashire hometown on August 28, it has been announced.
Ealing comedy adapted for stage
17/06/2022 … Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards are to star in a new stage version of the classic Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob.
© UKTV And six new comedians named as contestants
17/06/2022 … David Mitchell is to front a second series of Outsiders for Dave, the broadcaster has announced.
With Richard Herring, Angela Barnes, Pappy's and more
16/06/2022 … London is to get a new comedy podcast festival this autumn.
New hire to work on podcasts, TV and digital
16/06/2022 … TicketText Group, the company behind London comedy venues 2Northdown and 21Soho, is expanding its TV, digital and podcast production business.
© BBC Studios Awards honour Reece Shearsmith, but not Steve Pemberton
16/06/2022 … Reece Shearsmith has been nominated for an Edinburgh TV Award – while his co-star and co-creator Steve Pemberton has not made the cut.
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