All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 A comedian ' ull of outsized gifts and striking flaws'
14/05/2025 … CNN is making a documentary about the life of Chevy Chase, billed as ‘authorised yet unfiltered’.
American comic JT Habersaat interviews stand-up stars for new book
14/05/2025 … A new book is promising ‘a wild and uncensored glimpse into the mad world of life as a touring stand-up comic’.
As Roy Wood Jr. returns to host the UK original
14/05/2025 … CNN has renewed Have I Got News For You for a third season.
Festival now runs across the weekend
14/05/2025 … Glasgow’s Laugh In The Park outdoor comedy festival has added a second night of stand-up.
The ‘triumphs and disasters’ of a 40-year comedy career
14/05/2025 … Nigel Planer is writing a memoir about his ‘friendships and rivalries’ over a 40- year comedy career.
© C4/Avalon 14/05/2025 … The Horne Section are releasing two albums featuring the music from their Channel 4 sitcom.
For his short The Dead Don’t Care
13/05/2025 … Stephen Buchanan’s short The Dead Don’t Care has been nominated for a Scottish Royal Television Society Awars in the ‘short form’ category.
Including Lucy Beaumont, Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson and Alan Carr
13/05/2025 … Lucy Beaumont, Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson, Alan Carr and Stephen Fry have been confirmed as taking part in Celebrity Traitors.
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