© BBC/House Of Tomorrow Philomena Cunk writes her first book
An encylopaedia about 'everying'
18/05/2018 … Philomena Cunk is to release her first book.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 18 May 2018
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Richard Gadd joins Princess Diana film
Playing a drag queen she meets in a gay bar
17/05/2018 … Richard Gadd is to appear as a drag queen in the TV film about the night Kenny Everett and Freddie Mercury smuggled Princess Diana into a gay cabaret bar dressed…
© Eva Rinaldi/CC BY-SA 2.0 Harry Styles' life becomes a sitcom
US comedy based on 1D star's early life
17/05/2018 … Harry Styles’ life is to be turned into a sitcom.
Russell Howard, Jack Docherty – and a massive 1950s prom
New Fringe shows announced today
17/05/2018 … The last major tranche of Edinburgh Fringe shows are going on sale today – and here are some of the highlights of the new batch: Max & Ivan –…
Wed 16 May 2018
© Jill Furmanovsky Netflix signs Daniel Sloss
Two specials for release this year
16/05/2018 … Scottish comic Daniel Sloss is to release two stand-up specials on Netflix.
© Luigi Novi/CC BY-SA 3.0 Not funny enough!
Wodehouse prize for comedy books dropped after failing to raise a laugh
16/05/2018 … An annual award for comic novels has been dropped this year – after judges said none of this year's entries were funny enough.
Katherine Ryan to host her own Canadian TV show
To be taped at Montreal's Just For Laughs
16/05/2018 … Katherine Ryan is to return to her native Canada to host a new stand-up show.
Aisling Bea to star in ANOTHER sitcom
Second TV series announced today...
16/05/2018 … Aisling Bea is to star in yet another TV comedy, with the announcement coming just a couple of hours after Channel 4 confirmed her own series.