All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Studios As Paul Ready and Coronation Street legend Beverley Callard join cast
19/10/2023 … Filming has started on the third series of Diane Morgan’s Mandy with the comedian’s disinterested alter-ego embarking on a new catalogue of short-lived,…
Glacier - about wild swimming at Christmas - to open in December
18/10/2023 … Alison Spittle has written her second play, about three women going wild swimming.
© BBC Alongside Jason Manford and Chris Ramsey
18/10/2023 … Am I Being Unreasonable? star Lenny Rush has joined the presenting team of BBC Children in Need.
© Channel 4 / Alistair Heap Sue Johnston, Anita Dobson, Robert Lindsay, and Johnny Vegas
18/10/2023 … Sue Johnston, Anita Dobson, Robert Lindsay, and Johnny Vegas are to star in Channel 4’s new darkly comic zombie apocalypse series Generation Z,…
New screen version of Jon Holmes's satirical mash-up show
17/10/2023 … Jon Holmes’s satirical Radio 4 comedy The Skewer has created its first visual episode.
19 new dates for The Trouble And Strife show
17/10/2023 … Lucy Beaumont has extended her first-ever tour.
© Matt Holyoak 'It’s more relevant than music'
17/10/2023 … Jimmy Carr thinks stand-up should be taught in schools.
Comic launches crowdfunding campaign
16/10/2023 … Brendon Burns has launched a crowdfunding appeal to put himself through rehab.
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