All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Greg Williams New short to air on Red Nose Day, March 15
06/02/2019 … Comic Relief has confirmed that the Four Weddings And A Funeral reunion will air on BBC One on Red Nose Day, March 15.
Sunday stand-up strand returns
06/02/2019 … Phil Wang is recording a new stand-up show for Radio 4.
06/02/2019 … American comic Chelsea Handler has announced her fifth book.
But then it's all over for the Dunphys and the Pritchetts
06/02/2019 … Sky One sitcom Modern Family is to return for an 11th and final series.
No sitcoms left as it cancels Bad Move and Birds Of A Feather
06/02/2019 … Britain’s largest commercial channel now has NO sitcoms in its schedules, after ITV scrapped Birds of a Feather and Jack Dee’s sitcom Bad Move.
Industry shindig deemed unviable
05/02/2019 … The annual Craft of Comedy event has been cancelled– with organisers saying it is not financially viable.
...says political comedian Matt Forde
05/02/2019 … Comedian Matt Forde has accused Facebook of censorship after it banned the word Brexit from an advert.
Generous bequest to UCLA revealed
05/02/2019 … Garry Shandling left $15.
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