All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Comic scoops one Fringe award, and nominated for another
24/08/2015 … Richard Gadd has been crowned winner of the Amused Moose Comedy Award for his Edinburgh Fringe show – just hours before being nominated for a Malcolm Hardee award.
23/08/2015 … The prospect of a Blackadder comeback has been raised again, by star Tony Robinson.
22/08/2015 … Andrew Lawrence is to record his own BBC sitcom next month.
Comics pen a script about a woman seeking her real dad
21/08/2015 … Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea are working together on a comedy about a woman searching for her real father.
Edinburgh award picks its top ten
21/08/2015 … The ten finalists in the Amused Moose Comedy Award have been announced at the Edinburgh Fringe.
21/08/2015 … • Jack Whitehall says he knew he had a career in comedy – when he mooned Chris De Burgh during of Songs of Praise.
20/08/2015 … Russell Brand is quitting his online series The Trews.
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