First images of Steve Coogan as Brian Walden
And Harriet Walter as Margaret Thatcher
02/10/2024 … Here are the first images of Steve Coogan paying heavyweight political interviewer Brian Walden.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 02 October 2024
Josh Jones joins Dancing On Ice
...Even though he can't skate and has no rhythm!
02/10/2024 … Josh Jones is to take part in the next series of Dancing On Ice, it has been announced, The comedian was unveiled as the sixth of the 12 celebrities confirmed…
© Endemol Shine UK TV's home of comedy to close
Pinewood Studios shuts its telly studios
02/10/2024 … The TV studios where comedies including Taskmaster, Red Dwarf, Inside No 9 and Would I Lie To You are shot are to close next year.
Tue 01 October 2024
Operation Mincemeat head to Broadway
Big leap for hit comedy musical
01/10/2024 … Wartime comedy musical Operation Mincemeat is to transfer to Broadway next year, The show will open at the 800-seater Golden Theatre on…
Ghosts creators work on an animated hospital comedy
Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond's In Case of Emergency said to be inspired by Family Guy
01/10/2024 … Ghosts co-creators Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond are working on an animated series set in a hospital.
Cheers could be remade for the UK
Plans to revive US sitcom, but set in a British pub
01/10/2024 … It’s been more than 30 years since Sam Malone called time on Cheers.
© Channel 4 Mitchell and Webb's sitcom Back could get a US remake
Writer Simon Blackwell is adapting his scripts
01/10/2024 … The David Mitchell and Robert Webb sitcom Back could be heading for a US remake.
Mon 30 September 2024
Andy Hamilton reschedules tour over health issues
Comic and writer's shows had been due to start this week
30/09/2024 … Andy Hamilton has postponed his tour that was due to start this week because of ‘unexpected health issues’.