Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husband dies at 73
He contributed to every issue for 38 years
19/10/2023 … Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husband died yesterday at the age of 73, his son has announced.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 October 2023
© Ryan Lash / TED Omid Djalili gig axed over 'personal threats'
Security concerns amid Israel-Hamas war
19/10/2023 … Anglo-Iranian comedian Omid Djalili has had to pull out of a gig tonight because of ‘personal threats due to the situation in Israel’.
New podcast for Adam Rowe
Have A Word founder launches a new format
19/10/2023 … He rewrote the rules of the comedy industry with the Have A Word podcast.
© Netflix Netflix to air Kevin Hart and Chris Rock documentary
Behind the scenes of the friends' stand-up tour
19/10/2023 … Netflix is to air a behind-the-scenes documentary about Kevin Hart and Chris Rock’s joint stand-up shows.
Jerry Sadowitz announces 2024 Scottish tour
New dates for controversial comic
19/10/2023 … Jerry Sadowitz has announced a tour of Scotland for next year.
© BBC Studios Diane Morgan starts filming series 3 of Mandy
As Paul Ready and Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard join cast
19/10/2023 … Filming has started on the third series of Diane Morgan’s Mandy with the comedian’s disinterested alter-ego embarking on a new catalogue of short-lived,…
Wed 18 October 2023
Alison Spittle writes her second play
Glacier - about wild swimming at Christmas - to open in December
18/10/2023 … Alison Spittle has written her second play, about three women going wild swimming.
© BBC Lenny Rush joins Children in Need line-up
Alongside Jason Manford and Chris Ramsey
18/10/2023 … Am I Being Unreasonable? star Lenny Rush has joined the presenting team of BBC Children in Need.