All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Kate Phillips also gets the Top Gear poisoned chalice
23/06/2016 … The BBC is to appoint a new controller of entertainment commissioning, responsible for panel shows including Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week and Would I Lie…
23/06/2016 … HBO has released the first footage of Sarah Jessica Parker in Divorce, the new comedy written by Sharon Horgan.
Pioneer of the pre-alternative scene
22/06/2016 … Bob Williamson, one of the pioneering generation of folk-club comedians, has died at the age of 67.
22/06/2016 … Scot Squad is to return for a third series, with filming getting under way in Glasgow this week.
© Gage Skidmore / Creative Commons Star Wars hero in Greg Davies sitcom
21/06/2016 … Luke Skywalker is joining Greg Davies comedy Man Down.
21/06/2016 … Hannibal Buress has landed a role in the new Spider-Man: Homecoming movie.
Spiegeltent to be erected in Leicester Square
21/06/2016 … Variety-burlesque night La Soiree is retuning to London's West End, with a wooden Spiegeltent erected in Leicester Square.
© HBO ...over John Oliver's pro-Remain rant
21/06/2016 … Sky Atlantic has dropped a planned broadcast of John Olvier's Last Week Tonight because of its pro-Remain message.
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