Joan Rivers made me quit my job!
Cally Beaton shares her comedy favourites
22/08/2019 … Joan Rivers The first time I saw Joan Rivers was in a clip from the Carol Burnett Show, filmed in 1970 which I watched when it went out on TV in the UK a few…
Thu 22 August 2019
Malcolm Hardee Awards announce their 2019 nominees
For comic originality, cunning stunt, and 'act most likely to make a million quid'
22/08/2019 … The nominations for this year's Malcolm Hardee Awards – which has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe after a year's hiatus, have been announced.
Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2019 … Isa Bonachera has spent her life gazing at the stars.
Sky announces a second series of Brassic
...before the first has even aired
22/08/2019 … Sky has announced that it’s new comedy Brassic will get a second series – on the very day that the first launches.
Janine Harouni wins Amused Moose Award
For comedians 'on the cusp of fame'
22/08/2019 … Janine Harouni beat more than 180 hopefuls to win the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jennifer Saunders joins There’s Something About Movies
With Tom Allen becoming a regular
22/08/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to become a team captain in the second series of Alan Carr’s panel show, There’s Something About Movies.
© UKTV 'I'm just in the background trying not to laugh'
Tom Rosenthal on playing Pike in the Dad's Army remake
22/08/2019 … On Sunday, Gold airs the first of its remake of three lost episodes of Dad’s Army.
Wed 21 August 2019
© Big Talk Productions Mum set for an American remake
US uber-producer snaps up the rights
21/08/2019 … One of America’s top producers is working on a US remake of the BBC Two comedy Mum.