Free hotel rooms for comedians

100 on offer from budget chain easyHotel

25/06/2019 … Budget hotel chain easyHotel is offering 100 free overnight stays to up-and-coming stand-ups.

Ed Byrne joins Alan McGee biopic

25/06/2019 … Ed Byrne has joined the cast of Creation Stories, the new biopic of indie record label boss Alan McGee.

Could Blackadder be returning?

Creator Richard Curtis has a cunning plan...

25/06/2019 … Blackadder co-creator Richard Curtis has revived speculation that his hit show could return again.

Baddiel, Iannucci and Fry made fellows of the Royal Society of Literature

Honours for comedy writers

25/06/2019 … David Baddiel, Armando Iannucci and Stephen Fry have been made fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.

Adam Hess and Joseph Morpurgo to record specials

For streaming service NextUp

25/06/2019 … Adam Hess and Joseph Morpurgo are to record comedy specials for streaming service NextUp.

The Windsors gets a third series

Long to reign over us...

25/06/2019 … The Windsors is retuning for a third series, Channel 4 has announced.

There's Something About Movies gets a sequel

Alan Carr announces a second series

25/06/2019 … Alan Carr’s Sky One panel show There's Something About Movies is to return for a second series, the comic has announced.

Sandi Toksvig becomes Writers' Guild president

...as the union celebrates its 60th anniversary

24/06/2019 … Sandi Toksvig has been made president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain.