All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Golds for Darren Harriott, Mary Bourke, Adrian Edmondson and The Skewer
24/05/2026 … Shows from Darren Harriott, Mary Bourke and Adrian Edmondson were among the gold winners at the New York Festivals Radio Awards.
Comic Lee Ridley moves into kids' TV
24/05/2026 … Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley has written episodes of the new children's TV show Zog.
7ft actor was previously a bouncer
23/05/2026 … 30 Rock actor Grizzwald ‘Grizz’ Chapman has died at the age of 52.
She worked to keep comedian's legacy alive
22/05/2026 … Lenny Bruce’s daughter Kitty has died at the age of 70.
Comic strikes gold in the Arias for It's A Fair Cop
22/05/2026 … Alfie Moore has won one of the top awards in audio entertainment for his Radio 4 show It’s A Fair Cop.
21/05/2026 … The comedians taking part in Mock The Week’s summer mini-series have been announced.
© Paul Cooper Just weeks after it was unveiled in Colwyn Bay
20/05/2026 … Vandals have damaged the sculpture honouring Monty Python’s Terry Jones just weeks after it was installed in Colwyn Bay.
© BBC Studios Comic actor's emotional revelation of assault after a show
20/05/2026 … Katherine Parkinson has revealed that she was once hospitalised by a brutal night-time assault while walking back from a show.
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