All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mindy Kaling reveals details of her TV adaptation
19/06/2018 … More details have emerged of the Four Weddings And A Funeral remake – with writer Mindy Kaling revealing that it is no longer about a white couple.
BBC comedy chief wants more diversity in his shows
19/06/2018 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen says the days of the genre being dominated by white Oxbridge men is over.
© BBC BBC confirms six more episodes
19/06/2018 … Motherland is to get a second series, the BBC has officially confirmed.
About bringing up a girl with a severe learning disability
19/06/2018 … David Tennant and Jessica Hynes are to star in a new comedy-drama about bringing up a girl with a severe learning disability.
19/06/2018 … Daisy Haggard is to star as an ex-con in a new BBC comedy.
© BBC/Richard Ansett 
BBC announces three new female-led comedy pilots
19/06/2018 … The next tranche of BBC Three Comedy Slices have been announced today – with all of them coming from female talent.
Second series for Liam Williams social media comedy
19/06/2018 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Liam Williams’ social media comedy Pls Like.
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