Channel 4 announces seven new comedy pilots
From Jordan Brookes, Rosie Jones, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and others
13/04/2022 … Channel 4 is piloting seven new comedy programmes featuring the likes of Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jordan Brookes and Rosie Jones.
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Wed 13 April 2022
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue companion is released on audiobook
To mark 50 years of the Radio 4 stalwart
13/04/2022 … A definitive guide to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been released on audiobook to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel…
© Harry Carr Brighton Comedy Garden announces 2022 line-up
Simon Amstell, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and more
13/04/2022 … Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
Liam Neeson makes a surprise appearance in Derry Girls
‘I was delighted to be able to play a wee part'
13/04/2022 … Liam Neeson made a surprise cameo appearance in Derry Girls last night, delighting fans.
© Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA/CC BY-SA 2.0 Tributes after Gilbert Gottfried dies at 67
'Just indescribably unusually hilarious'
13/04/2022 … Gravel-voiced American comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried has died at the age of 67.
Tue 12 April 2022
Top talent coming to the BBC’s first comedy festival
Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Romesh Ranganathan and more
12/04/2022 … Charlie Brooker, Greg Davies, Jamie Demetriou, Romesh Ranganathan and Stephen Merchant have been confirmed to attend the BBC’s first comedy festival.
© Apple TV+ Noel Fielding to play a very dandy highwayman
Comic stars as Dick Turpin in new Apple TV+ adventure
12/04/2022 … Noel Fielding is to star as legendary highwayman Dick Turpin in a new comedy-adventure for Apple TV+.
Mon 11 April 2022
Crowdfunder launched to help working-class comics at the Fringe
£500 bursaries will help with accommodation costs
11/04/2022 … Comedian Sian Davies has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help working-class performers cover the spiralling cost of accommodation the Edinburgh Fringe.