All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/So Television/Christopher Baines 27/05/2016 … • 'When you are doing stand-up, it is the most glorious hour, when you are an X Men version of yourself, with lasers coming out of your eyes.
Silent comic to appear on American series
26/05/2016 … The Boy With Tape On His Face is to appear in the new series of America's Got Talent.
Alongside Paul Zerdin, Paul O'Grady and Julian Clary
26/05/2016 … Count Arthur Strong is to make his real-life pantomime debut.
26/05/2016 … THE Gold TV channel has dropped its sitcom You, Me & Them.
US comic who fought child porn
26/05/2016 … Barry Crimmins, the American stand-up who has actively helped clear child pornography from the internet, is to perform in the UK for the first time in 30 years.
Crystal Palace fan called him 'a disgrace'
26/05/2016 … Eddie Izzard says he was subjected to homophobic abuse at the FA Cup final at the weekend.
© BBC With unpublished Douglas Adams material
26/05/2016 … The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is returning to Radio 4 with its first series in more than a decade – and featuring John Lloyd as the Voice of The Book.
© C4 / Dave Brown 26/05/2016 … Noel Fielding is piloting a new Channel 4 series based on Japanese gameshows.
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