All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Keith & Paddy Picture Show guest casting revealed, with Rick Astley and more...
29/03/2018 … We knew he was ‘never gonna give you up’… now it appears that those lyrics referred to his tireless pursuit of the T-800 Terminator.
Tributes to Sir Ken at his Liverpool funeral
28/03/2018 … The people of Liverpool have joined stars of stage and screen to say 'tatty-bye' to Sir Ken Dodd today.
Rob Grant and Andrew Marshall pen The Quanderhorn Xperimentations
28/03/2018 … Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant and 2point4children creator Andrew Marshall have written a period sci-fi comedy novel.
© Sky Sports After the pilot with Anthony Joshua last year
28/03/2018 … Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are reuniting for a celebrity interview series.
As it expands the shows it offers
27/03/2018 … The BBC has appointed its first commissioning editor for podcasts, as it expands the number of programmes commissioned for the internet.
Geri Horner also returning to BBC One singing show
27/03/2018 … Rob Beckett’s primetime singing show All Together Now will be returning for a second series.
News announced as he films a second series of Travels With My Father
27/03/2018 … Jack Whitehall is to star opposite Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Emily Blunt in a new live-action Disney movie.
Mark Watson and Zoe Lyons holiday together for Sky short
27/03/2018 … Zoe Lyons and Mark Watson have taken a holiday together, for a new short film sponsored by a travel company.
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