Good Life stage revivial confirmed
27/01/2020 … The stage version of The Good Life, starring the IT Crowd’s Katherine Parkinson as Barbara, has been confirmed.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 27 January 2020
Complaints over battery acid joke finally discharged
Ofcom won't take any action against Jo Brand
27/01/2020 … Broadcasting regulator Ofcom as drawn a line under the controversy over Jo Brand’s battery acid joke, finally ruling that it will take no further action.
Johnny Carroll dies at 78
The 'Brummie Stud' who fell from fame and fortune
27/01/2020 … Brummie comedian Johnny Carroll, a star of The Comedians who later fell on hard times, has died at the age of 78.
New tour for Alan Carr
27/01/2020 … Alan Carr has announced his first tour in four years.
Dave Chappelle wins another Grammy
Hat trick for his Netflix specials
27/01/2020 … Dave Chappelle has won this year’s Grammy award for best comedy album for his stand-up show Sticks & Stones, taking the accolade for the third year…
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY-SA 2.0 Terry Jones left his brain to science
To help research into demential
27/01/2020 … Terry Jones donated his brain to science, it has been revealed.
Sun 26 January 2020
Sky launches its comedy channel
(And it's also on Virgin). The week's best comedy on TV and radio
26/01/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Tornado warning
Stewart Lee's tour and the rest of the week's live comedy picks
26/01/2020 … The best of the week's live comedy.