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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 27 August 2023
Sat 26 August 2023
Ahir Shah scoops main Edinburgh Comedy Award
Urooj Ashfaq is best newcomer and A Show For Gareth wins panel prize
26/08/2023 … Ahir Shah has won the best show accolade at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards.
Fri 25 August 2023
Lindsey Santoro scoops 'comedy's biggest prize'
Birmingham comic takes home the 201cm NextUp trophy
25/08/2023 … Lindsey Santoro has won the ‘biggest award in comedy’ at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Andrew Max Levy Julia Masli wins Comedian's Choice award at Edinburgh Fringe
Accolades for Sid Singh and producer Lydia Mason too
25/08/2023 … Julia Masli, Sid Singh and the late Laughing Horse producer Lydia Mason have all scooped accolades at this year’s Comedians' Choice Awards at the Edinburgh…
Thu 24 August 2023
© BBC Black Ops gets a second series
'It feels like a no-brainer to get the band back together'
24/08/2023 … The BBC has ordered a second series of its hit comedy thriller Black Ops.
© Steve Ullathorne Samira Banks wins So You Think You’re Funny?
36th year of new act competition
24/08/2023 … Samira Banks has been crowned the 36th winner of So You Think You’re Funny?, the UK’s longest-running comedy newcomer competition.
© Matt Holyoak New gameshow locks comedians in a box for 24 hours
24/08/2023 … Jimmy Carr is to host a new comedy reality gameshow in which pairs of comedians and celebrities will have to spend 24 hours locked in box – competing against…
© C4 Prayers are answered! Second series for Everyone Else Burns
Simon Bird's doomsday cult comedy to return
24/08/2023 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of its doomsday cult comedy Everyone Else Burns.