All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Benefit gig funds Louise Reay's defence against her ex-huband
23/03/2018 … Comedians are staging a West End fundraiser to help Louise Reay, the stand-up being sued by her estranged husband for talking about him on stage.
© Dragonfly Film & TV 23/03/2018 … Patrick Kielty has made a BBC One documentary about his father’s murder by loyalist paramilitaries – and how he lives with the fact the killers…
© Fung Wah Man With Johnny Vegas, Joe Thomas and Tim Key and more
23/03/2018 … Radio 2 has announced a range of new one-off comedy shows, featuring the likes of Johnny Vegas, Joe Thomas and Tim Key.
BBC honours Who Do You Think You Are? show
22/03/2018 … Mark Steel has won his second radio award in a week.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Comedy benefit heading to Netflix
22/03/2018 … Netflix has announced the starry lineup for its comedy special Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity.
Aberdeen Comedy Festival confirms third year
22/03/2018 … The Aberdeen Comedy Festival has announced that it will be returning for a third year.
But Pavilion Theatre avoids major damage
22/03/2018 … Jonathan Pie's Glasgow Comedy Festival show has been cancelled tonight, because of a fire raging in the city centre.
One stand-up's idea for the Edinburgh Fringe
22/03/2018 … The huge costs of putting on a show at the Edinburgh Fringe has long been blamed for helping to make comedy an increasingly middle-class pursuit.
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