Daniel Sloss's stand-up special returns to cinemas
X to air on three Vue screens next week
06/08/2020 … Daniel Sloss's stand-up special X is to be screened in cinemas again next week.
Thu 06 August 2020
© UKTV America dumps Taskmaster after just one episode
UK original attracts poor ratings for The CW network
06/08/2020 … It has been successfully sold around the world – but an American broadcaster has pulled its run of Taskmaster from the schedules after just a single episode.
Wed 05 August 2020
Mark Watson writes his first movie
Set to be directed by Toni Collette
05/08/2020 … Mark Watson has written his first feature film, to be directed by Sixth Sense star Toni Collette.
Donald Trump interviews Donald Trump
As if the President needed any help looking dumb....
05/08/2020 … Justin Brown has won the internet.
Oh, Edinburgh
By Sean Cullen and some of the 2001 Fringe comedians
05/08/2020 … Today is the day the first Fringe shows should have kicked off their month-long run.
Happy Happy Joy Joy? Ren and Stimpy make a comeback
Comedy Central revives 1990s animation
05/08/2020 … Comedy Central has announced it is to remake anarchic animated comedy Ren & Stimpy, just weeks after confirming it was also reviving Beavis and Butt-Head.
The last Fringe show falls...
Arthur Smith's tour of Edinburgh falls to victim to Covid
05/08/2020 … The last remaining Edinburgh Fringe show has been cancelled, after Arthur Smith called off his unofficial guided walk.
Comedy gigs for Brighton's Open Air Theatre
With Nina Conti, Phil Wang, Ed Gamble and more
05/08/2020 … Brighton’s Open Air Theatre is to host a series of comedy gigs this summer, with line-ups including Nina Conti, Phil Wang, Ed Gamble and more.