All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Kitty Laing apologises after being accused of 'sharing hateful crap'
25/10/2023 … Top comedy agent Kitty Laing is being investigated by her employers after retweeting a number of social media posts that have been slammed as antisemitic.
How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year
25/10/2023 … Harry Hill is writing a new children’s book, entitled How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year.
© Katerina Holmes/Pexels Scientists find you can't laugh a partner into bed
25/10/2023 … Being funny or having a good sense of humour doesn’t necessarily make you a hit with a potential partner, scientists have found.
25/10/2023 … Leicester Comedy Festival launches its brochure today with a record number of shows.
A year after viewers complained he was treated unfairly
24/10/2023 … Jamie MacDonald is making a return to Have I Got News For You – a year after viewers complained that the show made no concession to his blindness.
Daisy Haggard confirms the comedy-drama is over
24/10/2023 … Back To Life will not be returning for a third series, its star and co-writer Daisy Haggard has confirmed.
Stand-up returns t The Lescar... and it's a family affair
24/10/2023 … Sheffield’s oldest comedy venue is getting a relaunch… thanks to a familiar name.
As comic says he's 'not sorry' he had the disease
24/10/2023 … Rhod Gilbert has received his first clear cancer scan since undergoing treatment.
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