All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Human rights organisations reject donations from comics who played Riyadh
12/10/2025 … Comedians hoping to salve their conscience over their Riyadh Comedy Festival performances by donating some of their fee to a human rights charity have been told:…
© Karla Gowlett Comic's likeness is deepfaked in Armenian disinformation campaign
10/10/2025 … Geoff Norcott has been turned into a deepfake by the Russian propaganda machine.
Lenny Rush, Greg Davies, Asim Chaudhry and more
10/10/2025 … Lenny Rush, Greg Davies, Asim Chaudhry and James Buckley are to star in a Channel 4 festive comedy-drama entitled Dear Father Christmas, it was announced today.
First book from comedian behind the Clash Of The Comics wrestling extravaganza
10/10/2025 … Comedian Max Olesker has written a memoir about converting to Orthodox Judaism in the name of love.
© Channel 4/Expectation Comic makes a series about feline friends
10/10/2025 … David Baddiel is to follow up his powerful Channel 4 polemic about antisemitism – with a new series about cats.
New sketch responds to lawsuit
10/10/2025 … Spitting Image has responded to the legal action launched by Paddington’s copyright-owners… with a new sketch mocking them.
© Alex Lake New project for Amazon's Prime Video
09/10/2025 … Romesh Ranganathan is to host a new reality series for Amazon’s Prime Video.
© Sonny Malhotra Comedians' wrestling clashes coming to TV for the first time
09/10/2025 … Clash Of The Comics – in which comedians wrestle with each other and pros – is to air to U&Dave.
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