© UKTV New channel to plug ames Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s show
29/01/2020 … Comedy TV channel Dave has launched a TikTok account, starting with a series tied in with James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s panel show Hypothetical The…
George Carlin's comedy partner and Muppet Show co-creator
29/01/2020 … Jack Burns – the former comedy partner of George Carlin who went on to co-create the Muppet Show – has died at the age of 86.
29/01/2020 … Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Matilda is reportedly to be made into a movie for Netflix.
© BBC National Television Awards results
29/01/2020 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was won the comedy award at last night’s National Television Awards – at the expense of Fleabag and Derry Girls.
A black-tie do on the banks of the Thames
29/01/2020 … Al Murray, Rory Bremner and Milton Jones are among the comedians just announced for this year’s Henley Festival.
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
28/01/2020 … It’s the height of the Madchester scene: tunes are banging, pills are popping and the venue is filled with wide-eyed, hyperactive youngsters burning their…
© C4 Comedy now being hawked around Hollywood again
28/01/2020 … Plans for a US comedy based on an idea by Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea have hit the buffers.
Another series for cop-turned-comic
28/01/2020 … The BBC has commissioned a fifth series of Radio 4 series It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned-comic Alfie Moore.
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