All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian But their plans came to naught...
11/04/2019 … Inside No 9 duo Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton made advanced plans to revive 1980s anthology series Hammer House Of Horror for TV – but the idea…
© BBC 11/04/2019 … The BBC has launched a new series of comedy shorts, designed as a seeding ground for new comedy talent.
© BBC/Fudge Park Wheeler-dealers to return to BBC Three
11/04/2019 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Enterprice, its comedy about two South London brothers trying to get a delivery business off the ground.
Shane Allen wants a new body to promote the genre
11/04/2019 … The BBC’s comedy chief is proposing an industry-wide initiative to promote the genre and find the next wave of stars.
More episodes for Bill Hader's US hitman comedy
11/04/2019 … HBO has ordered a third season of Barry, its comedy about a hitman who gets involved in the acting world while on a job in Los Angeles.
10/04/2019 … Sky One has commissioned the Alan Carr-fronted panel show There’s Something About Movies, following a successful pilot earlier this year.
© G Whitmore Stand-up show to be broadcast live
10/04/2019 … The BBC Asian Network is to broadcast another night of live comedy.
Researchers try to find out in the context of gag theft
10/04/2019 … Joke theft is often considered the biggest sin in comedy – but it’s almost impossible to prove.
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