All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
...with Sylvester McCoy in the lead role
05/07/2018 … Sketch troupe The Penny Dreadfuls are to tackle Don Quixote in their next Radio 4 special – and former Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy is to take the title role.
With 'the best of the new breed of great British comedy talent'
05/07/2018 … The full cast has been unveiled for Ricky Gervais’s new Netflix comedy series, After Life.
© BBC/Fremantle Media/Talkback 05/07/2018 … The seventh annual QI book – 2,024 Facts to Stop You In Your Tracks – is to be published in October after Faber & Faber acquired the rights.
05/07/2018 … Comedian Ellie Taylor is to present a new weekly radio show on Heart.
05/07/2018 … Sacha Baron Cohen has teased his latest project, suggesting it will inflame his feud with Donald Trump.
...as does Liam Williams's Pls Like
04/07/2018 … Idris Elba’s Sky One comedy In The Long Run has been named the best comedy on a digital channel.
Line-up announced as Liza Tarbuck wins series 6
04/07/2018 … The players for the next series of Taskmaster have been revealed.
04/07/2018 … Comedy writer and performer Phil Differ has received an honorary degree from Glasgow Caledonian University.
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