© Stephanie Gibson Josie Long wins top radio award
...after Radio 4 axed Short Cuts
15/05/2025 … Josie Long has won one of radio’s most prestigious awards, five months after the BBC pulled the plug on her programme.
2025 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 15 May 2025
© Stephanie Gibson 
Exeter Comedy Festival returns
15/05/2025 … Exeter Comedy Festival is back for a second year with twice as many shows.
Wed 14 May 2025
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 CNN to make Chevy Chase documentary
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’.
'An uncensored glimpse into life as a touring comedian'
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’.
CNN orders a third series of Have I Got News For You
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.
Second day for Glasgow's Laugh In The Park
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.
Nigel Planer writes his memoirs
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 New albums from The Horne Section
14/05/2025 … The Horne Section are releasing two albums featuring the music from their Channel 4 sitcom.