All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Steve Ullathorne Pioneering comic hits his crowdfunding target
09/12/2016 … The memoirs of alternative comedy forerunner John Dowie are to be published after the former comedian hit his crowdfunding target.
09/12/2016 … •‘I am the funniest man in the world and I don’t like any other comedians.
09/12/2016 … Billy Connolly has retaken his position at the top of the stand-up DVD chart.
Anglo-Greek Katerina Vrana makes finals of Funniest Person in The World
08/12/2016 … Anglo-Greek comedian Katerina Vrana has made it to the finals of a competition to find the funniest person in the world.
08/12/2016 … JOE LYCETT and the Chuckle Brothers are among the panel on the revived version of Blankety Blank.
Based on local newspaper headlines
08/12/2016 … Sue Perkins is piloting a new topical comedy show with a difference – all the news stories will be taken from local newspapers.
© BBC Christmas-themed clip with Sian Gibson
08/12/2016 … The BBC is to broadcast a new sketch from Peter Kay’s Car Share.
© Andrew Pearce (@andyyido) Twitter 08/12/2016 … A choir calling themselves the 12 Disciples Of David Brent entertained commuters at London’s St Pancras station today.
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