Netflix renews Grace and Frankie
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin return for sixth series in 2020
16/01/2019 … Netflix has renewed the Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin comedy Grace and Frankie for a sixth season.
Wed 16 January 2019
The Mash Report's in Vogue with Madonna
BBC Two satire has a major celebrity fan...
16/01/2019 … BBC Two’s Mash Report has a major new celebrity fan – Madonna.
Mark Watson announces a marathon show – and marathon podcast series
26.2 hours to celebrate the endurance race
16/01/2019 … Mark Watson has officially revealed plans for his next marathon comedy show.
Club bans a white comedian because he has dreadlocks
Venue 'will not tolerate' cultural appropriation
16/01/2019 … A white comedian has been banned from performing a stand-up gig because he has dreadlocks.
Comedians join Dad's Army cast
Tom Rosenthal. Kevin Eldon and Mathew Horne sign up for the platoon
16/01/2019 … The full cast has been revealed for the remake of the missing episodes of Dad’s Army – with Tom Rosenthal.
Tue 15 January 2019
Steve Coogan admits Holmes & Watson is 'rubbish'
15/01/2019 … Steve Coogan is rightly being heaped with praise for his leading role in Stan & Ollie.
Les Dennis to play another washed-up character
He's a has-been psychic in Sideshow
15/01/2019 … Les Dennis is to play a washed-up psychic in a new comedy movie.
What was the Fast Show called in America?
15/01/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.