All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Edwardx/Catherine Harbour/CC BY-SA 4.0 Comic laughs off NME awards controversy
13/02/2020 … Rapper Slowthai has apologised for his ‘shameful’ actions towards Katherine Ryan at the NME awards last night.
© Steve Ullathorne 13/02/2020 … Filming has started on the new BBC Two comedy pilot, Alma’s Not Normal, created by comedian Sophie Willan.
Festivals announces more comedy acts
13/02/2020 … Simon Amstell has been announced as one of the stand-up headlines for this year’s Latitude festival.
© BBC Broadcasting Press Guild nominees out
13/02/2020 … Fleabag looks set to add to its huge awards tally after being shortlisted in three categories of the annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Sky unveils its next batch of Urban Myths
12/02/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to play her comedy heroine Joan Rivers in the new series of Sky’s Urban Myths, She has been cast opposite Jessica Barden from The End…
12/02/2020 … Greg Davies is to star as a demotivated small-time psychotherapist in a new comedy.
Second series for David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed comedy
12/02/2020 … Sky has ordered a second series of David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed’s new comedy Intelligence, more than a week before the show starts.
Bloods to co-star Jane Horrocks
12/02/2020 … Sky has commissioned a new comedy starring Samson Kayo as a paramedic.
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