All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© C4 Aisling Bea's comedy to return, Sharon Horgan reveals
24/02/2020 … Aisling Bea is to make a second series of her acclaimed comedy This Way Up – and has joined the cast of the Home Alone reboot, Chortle can reveal.
BBC Scotland wants more of Robert Florence and Iain Connell's comedy
24/02/2020 … BBC Scotland has ordered a full series of its sitcom The Scotts, from Burnistoun creators Robert Florence and Iain Connell.
Career retrospective and 'social history'
24/02/2020 … Billy Connolly has made another series about his career and how it links to his native Scotland.
Comic cast in 'poignant' London play
24/02/2020 … Anna Crilly has been cast in a London play about adoption and family secrets.
...of his Dance For Life charity party nights
24/02/2020 … Peter Kay is to return to the stage three years after cancelling his tour over his ‘unforeseen family circumstances’.
© C4 The Windsors return, and the rest of the week's TV and radio picks
23/02/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
The best of the week's live comedy
23/02/2020 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Festival crowns new act champion
23/02/2020 … Eric Rushton has been crowned this year’s Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year.
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