All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC ...about a notorious gay rights court case
08/02/2017 … Richard Gadd is to make his major TV debut, starring in a BBC Two docu-drama about one of the most famous homosexuality cases in British legal history.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Phoebe Waller-Bridge in talks over plans
08/02/2017 … The BBC is in talks to televise the stage version of Fleabag.
08/02/2017 … FAST SHOW director Sid Roberson has died at the age of 79.
© Channel 4 'Emotionally powerful' scenes in new series
08/02/2017 … The new series of Catastrophe will be a ‘fitting tribute’ to Carrie Fisher, Channel 4’s comedy chief said last night.
Starring with Flight Of The Conchords' Jemaine Clement
08/02/2017 … Matt Berry and Flight Of The Conchords star Jemaine Clement have signed up to star in a new independent comedy movie called An Evening With Beverly Luff Lin.
Fellow stars join Harry Shearer's royalties fight
08/02/2017 … The rest of Spinal Tap have joined Harry Shearer in his legal fight for a share of the profits from the hit 1984 movie.
'I have made a terrible mistake!'
08/02/2017 … Sara Pascoe is to be among the celebrities ‘strutting their stuff’ on Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.
© C4 Scarlett Moffatt pilots improv format
08/02/2017 … A topical sketch format in which celebrities star in their own semi-improvised show is being piloted for Channel 4.
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