All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Jordan Pettitt / PA Images/ Alamy Oasis star hits back over criticism
10/08/2025 … They have been blamed for exacerbating the Edinburgh Fringe accommodation crisis and driving punters away from festival shows.
BBC series about the ongest-running case in English legal history.
09/08/2025 … Mark Steel is fronting a new BBC Sounds podcast about the ‘McLibel’ trial, the longest-running case in English legal history.
© BBC Radio 4 Comic denies six sex-related charges
09/08/2025 … Hardeep Singh Kohli has appeared in court charged with sex-related offences.
© BBC Mortimer & Whitehouse star on the quest for a missing briefcase
08/08/2025 … Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing producer Lisa Clark has written a second book in the guise of the show’s third star, Ted The Dog.
For a one-off charity appearance
07/08/2025 … Ruth Jones is too reunite the cast of her Sky sitcom Stella for a one-off live event.
© ITV He played neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile
07/08/2025 … George and Mildred star Norman Eshley has died at the age of 80.
© Sky UK Ltd Sophie Willan is a permanent replacement
07/08/2025 … Daisy May Cooper has permanently stepped down from Never Mind The Buzzcocks, with Sophie Willan taking over as team captain.
Ten new stamps to celebrate comedy troupe
07/08/2025 … Monty Python are to be commemorated in a new series of stamps.
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