All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Mariana Feijo ...after founder Lynne Parker is named 'most inspiring businesswoman'
18/10/2024 … Funny Women is rolling out its comedy networking scheme The Glitter Project to six English regions, following its success at the Edinburgh Fringe.
As new parent company ComediHa! rebrands as Just For Entertainment
18/10/2024 … Quebec’s comedy festival is to be renamed Just For Laughs after its organisers snapped up the brand name.
© BBC Guz Khan returns for a fifth run
18/10/2024 … Filming has begun on the fifth and final series of Gus Khan’s Man Like Mobeen.
Returning to London's Leicester Square
17/10/2024 … The line-up has been announced for the 20th anniversary season of the La Clique cabaret and burlesque show, which returns to London this Christmas.
AppleTV+ renews Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein and Bill Bill Lawrence comedy
17/10/2024 … Apple TV+ has ordered a third series of Shrinking, the therapy-based comedy co-created by Brett Goldstein.
Roy Wood Jr takes the chair in presidential election week
17/10/2024 … The host of the American version of Have I Got News For You is to host the BBC original.
Comedy Central show returns this month
17/10/2024 … The guests have been revealed for the sixth series of Rhod Gilbert’s Growing Pains.
17/10/2024 … Comedian and culinary social media star George Egg has launched a new podcast deploying his unusual approach to cookery.
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