All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Filming starts on pizza-delivery comedy
21/11/2018 … EastEnders and Quadrophenia star Phil Daniels has joined the cast of the forthcoming sitcom Sliced about two pizza delivery drivers.
© Idil Sukan More accolades for This Is Going To Hurt
21/11/2018 … Adam Kay’s bestselling memoirs of his time as an NHS junior doctor has won three National Book Awards.
© BBC RIP Welsh sitcom star Robert Blythe
21/11/2018 … Welsh actor Robert Blythe, best known for playing Fagin in the BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes has died.
Recognition for his championing of language
21/11/2018 … Eddie Izzard picked up an honorary degree from York St John University.
Comic needs stitches after a being hit on the head
21/11/2018 … Joel Dommett has been taken to hospital after injuring himself on the set of I'm A Celebrity.
Cast changes for ABC commuting comedy
20/11/2018 … The cast has been announced for the second series of Australian comedy Squinters, about the daily work commute.
© BBC End-of-year special for New World Order
20/11/2018 … Frankie Boyle’s New World Order is to return for an end-of year special.
The new sitcom from the Horrible Histories team
20/11/2018 … Fresh Meat star Charlotte Ritchie is joining the cast of Ghosts, the new sitcom from the team behind Horrible Histories.
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