All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Discovery in legendary writers' archives
05/06/2025 … Previously unknown material that legendary comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson created for The Goon Show has been unearthed in their archive.
Virgin Radio reunion to mark Buxton's new book
05/06/2025 … Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are reuniting this weekend for a one-off show on Virgin Radio.
Under its Comedy Lab scheme in Northern Ireland
05/06/2025 … Channel 4 and Northern Ireland Screen have selected three half-hour scripts to be written as part of the broadcaster’s Comedy Lab in Northern Ireland, offering…
With acclaimed Irish writer Stuart Carolan
05/06/2025 … The BBC has ordered a ‘darkly comedic’ crime drama based on the novels of former comic Caimh McDonnell and co-created by ex stand-up Chris Addison.
Brazil's Leo Lins 'is being treated like a drug trafficker'
05/06/2025 … A Brazilian comedian has been jailed for eight years and three months for making offensive jokes in a stand-up special.
Plus Best In Class reveal their 2025 line-up
04/06/2025 … Character comedian Ted Milligan has been given financial backing for his Edinburgh Fringe show from London’s Seven Dials Playhouse.
Playing an ambitious politician
03/06/2025 … Nick Mohammed is to appear in the new series of acclaimed Apple TV+ drama Slow Horses.
Directed Inside No 9's Simon Evans
03/06/2025 … A new live version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is to open in London later this year.
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