All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Fulwell73/Tidy Productions As report reveals the importance of the genre
22/05/2025 … The BBC has commissioned a major report into the ‘substantial’ cultural and economic benefits of TV comedy.
© Moniker Pictures ITV renews its police-trainee comedy
22/05/2025 … ITV has confirmed that its police training comedy Piglets is returning for a second series.
New website serves up random videos from Fringe performers
22/05/2025 … A website has launched to serve up random comedy videos to help people discover their new favourite shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comic makes a one-off BBC Christmas comedy
21/05/2025 … Guz Khan is to star alongside Morgana Robinson and Sue Johnston in a one-off family comedy this Christmas.
© Patrick Olner Comic to play a neurotic student landlord in Bill's Included
21/05/2025 … Rob Brydon is to star in a new BBC One sitcom as a middle-aged divorcee who shares his house with students.
Featruing Sir Michael Palin, Sophie Willan and Jon Pointing
21/05/2025 … Sir Michael Palin, Sophie Willan and Jon Pointing are to star in a new comedy Mackenzie Crook has created for the BBC.
© BBC/Happy Tramp North Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh to return
21/05/2025 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Only Child, its cross-generational sitcom starring Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh as father and son.
© Vico Films Conor and Jock out of jail and reunited in Cork
21/05/2025 … The BBC has recommissioned The Young Offenders for a fifth series.
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