All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien Comic discusses addiction with Frankie Boyle
29/04/2016 … Frank Skinner has spoken about his years as an alcoholic – confessing that he used to hallucinate spiders and suffer temporary blindness from drinking too much.
Eamonn Holmes to front It’s Not Me, It’s You
29/04/2016 … Channel 5 is to make its first comedy panel show in seven years.
© Eva Rinaldi Actor bows to pressure over Alzheimer's jokes
29/04/2016 … Will Ferrell has bowed to pressure and pulled out of the comedy about Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s disease.
© Andy Hollingworth 28/04/2016 … Romesh Ranganathan is to write his memoirs.
28/04/2016 … Courteney Cox is reportedly developing a new sitcom for ITV.
© BBC Mark Freeland quits over creative freedoms
28/04/2016 … The BBC’s most senior comedy production executive has dramatically announced that he is to quit the corporation.
Comedy science trio start work on R4 series
28/04/2016 … The Festival Of The Spoken Nerd trio have started work on a new comedy science show for Radio 4.
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