All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Katherine Ryan's C-bomb reference was 'gratuitous'
24/09/2026 … Have I Got News for You has been reprimanded over a Katherine Ryan joke about Victoria Beckham.
© Netflix As Rory Kinnear joins the cast of Blackmere
24/09/2026 … Netflix has revealed the title of Chris Brooker’s new spoof police thriller – Blackmere – and released some first images from the show.
Last One Laughing pairing revived for Netflix's Hot Or Cold
24/09/2026 … Bob Mortimer and Richard Ayoade are to revive their Last One Laughing partnership for a new comedy entertainment show.
Netflix confirms Lisa McGee's comedy-thriller isn't retuning
24/09/2026 … Lisa McGee’s How To Get To Heaven From Belfast will not be returning for a second series.
© Colleen Hayes/Netflix Ted Danson‘s Netflix comedy to end after third searson
24/09/2026 … The next series of Ted Danson‘s A Man On The Inside will be the last, Netflix has announced.
© Love Productions Comic reveals it wasn't her decision to leave
23/09/2026 … Sara Pascoe has revealed that she was dumped from The Great British Sewing Bee against her will.
© Trevor Leighton 'Personal family news' means she has to stay close to home
23/09/2026 … Laura Smyth has pulled her stand-up tour two days before it was due to start, citing ‘recent personal family news’.
© BBC/Ricochet/Neil Kent For a BBC programme... from the religion department
23/09/2026 … Guz Khan is taking up mixed martial arts for a new BBC documentary.
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