Tez Ilyas to host Channel 4 satire show
Late-night slot for comic's big break
30/01/2019 … Tez Ilyas is to front a new satirical show for Channel 4 The broadcaster’s director of programmes, Ian Katz, revealed the project at a press event tonight.
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Harry Hill returns to Channel 4
With a late-night show featuring a host of guest comedians
30/01/2019 … Harry Hill is to return to Channel 4 for a new late-night series featuring a raft of fellow comedians.
Entries open for So You Think You're Funny 2019
Gilded Balloon's talent hunt offers £2,500 prize
30/01/2019 … Applications have opened for this year's So You Think You’re Funny? talent hunt.
'I never bomb...but the audience sometimes do'
Adam Riches on his Unforgettable Five gigs
30/01/2019 … Interactive character comedian Adam Riches is about to perform two London runs and a UK tour of three different shows.
The first Edinburgh Fringe shows have gone on sale
...and yes, it is only January
30/01/2019 … In what will be depressing news for comedians trying to get their Edinburgh Fringe shows together, the first offerings for this year’s festival have already…
© BBC David Walliams's new Fing
30/01/2019 … David Walliams next book will be aimed at a younger audience than his usual novels, publisher HarperCollins says.
James Acaster records ANOTHER special
...made of material that didn't make it into his latest tour
30/01/2019 … James Acaster is earning his reputation as the most prolific stand-up in comedy by filming another new special.
© Comedy Store / Instagram Chevy Chase made a surprise appearance at a comedy club... and it was 'bizarre'
According to Marc Maron, who was also on the bill
30/01/2019 … Chevy Chase made a surprise appearance at the Los Angeles Comedy Store at the weekend – but one comic on the bill described his slot 'bizarre' and 'sad'.