All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sacked broadcaster to launch a podcast - just like the old show
21/06/2019 … Sacked broadcaster Danny Baker is to return the microphone with a twice-weekly podcast next year, The BBC fired Baker last month after a joke tweet…
© BBC Debut for Radio 4's impression show
21/06/2019 … The team behind Radio 4’s Dead Ringers have announced a run of dates at the Edinburgh Fringe Impressionists Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Lewis MacLeod and…
21/06/2019 … Tickets have gone on sale this morning for Iain Stirling’s biggest stand-up tour yet.
© UKTV Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster to make eight new episodes
21/06/2019 … The Dave channel has formally announced that Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are to return for a second series of Hypothetical.
© Comedy Central 21/06/2019 … Jimmy Carr has come under fire for making a bad-taste joke about dwarves in his latest stand-up show.
But the judges love him anyway...
21/06/2019 … A comedian on America’s Got Talent has been rapped for ripping off Andy Kaufman.
© BBC 21/06/2019 … The Gold TV channel has confirmed that Sir Lenny Henry is to host a new show repackaging old Morecambe and Wise clips, as Chortle reported last month.
© BBC/Talkback/Brian Ritchie Kind Hearts and Coronets set to open next year
21/06/2019 … Stephen Fry has adapted the classic Ealing comedy Kind Hearts And Coronets for the West End stage.
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