Final waltz for Hi-Di-Hi's Barry
Actor succumbs to cancer at 78
28/04/2016 … Barry Howard, who was best known for playing Barry Stuart-Hargreaves in Hi-de-Hi!, has died at the age of 78.
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© BBC/Tiger Aspect Catherine Tate to tour this autumn
27/04/2016 … Catherine Tate is tour her comedy characters for the first time this autumn.
Bafta to honour Lenny Henry
Comic will be given special award
27/04/2016 … Lenny Henry is to be awarded a special Bafta award next month for his outstanding creative contribution to television.
© C4/Ed Miller Work starts on Catastrophe series 3
27/04/2016 … Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have revealed that they have started work on a possible third series of Catastrophe.
© ABC Pilots for Aussie comedy stars
The ABC will run with one of them...
27/04/2016 … Some of the best-known faces on Australia's comedy circuit have made pilots for the ABC – at least one of which will be picked up fro a full series.
© CBS James Corden hits 1billion YouTube views
Thanks largely to Carpool Karaoke
27/04/2016 … James Corden has racked up more than a billion views on YouTube for his US talk show.
© UKTV Gold Who's in series 3 of Taskmaster
27/04/2016 … The line-up for the third series of Taskmaster has been revealed.
BBC appoints a new comedy commissioner
Alex Moody will be a 'diversity champion'
27/04/2016 … Comedy producer Alex Moody, whose credits range from the British Comedy Awards to Nick Helm’s Bafta-nominated short film Elephant, has joined the BBC as a…