© Aemen at Jiksaw Guests announced for Laura Smyth’s Your Mum
New Radio 4 series about motherhood
23/05/2025 … Guests have been announced for Laura Smyth’s new Radio 4 comedy series, Your Mum.
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Fri 23 May 2025
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© Ranga Bee/BBC Comedians go get arty for CBBC
Harry Hill voices a talking painbrush, with fellow comics as guests
23/05/2025 … Comedians including Harry Hill, Romesh Ranganathan and Katherine Ryan are taking part in a new kids’ arts show for CBBC.
James Corden heads back to America
To star in Broadway revival of Art
23/05/2025 … James Corden is returning to the US – to star in a Broadway revival of the comedy play Art.
Thu 22 May 2025
© Carey Crankson/Richard Holt Alice And Steve rounds out its cast
New details of Disney+'s new comedy
22/05/2025 … Joel Fry and Marcia Warren have joined the cast of the Disney+ comedy Alice And Steve.
© BBC/Fulwell73/Tidy Productions BBC calls for tax breaks for comedy
As report reveals the importance of the genre
22/05/2025 … The BBC has commissioned a major report into the ‘substantial’ cultural and economic benefits of TV comedy.
© Moniker Pictures Official: Piglets gets a second series
ITV renews its police-trainee comedy
22/05/2025 … ITV has confirmed that its police training comedy Piglets is returning for a second series.
FringeRat forages for festival comedy shows
New website serves up random videos from Fringe performers
22/05/2025 … A website has launched to serve up random comedy videos to help people discover their new favourite shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Wed 21 May 2025
Guz Khan gets Stuffed
Comic makes a one-off BBC Christmas comedy
21/05/2025 … Guz Khan is to star alongside Morgana Robinson and Sue Johnston in a one-off family comedy this Christmas.