All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Comedian apologies as more 'horrifically despicable' tweets emerge
09/09/2021 … Janey Godley has been dropped from the Scottish government’s public health campaign amid controversy over her offensive old tweets.
© BBC Coming of age comedy to return
09/09/2021 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Liam Williams’s coming-of-age comedy Ladhood.
© Camden Productions Alongside her real-life sister
09/09/2021 … Stand-up Kat Sadler and her sister Lizzie Davidson are to play fictional siblings in a new BBC comedy pilot.
© BBC New shorts about 'council estate, high school' life in Manchester
09/09/2021 … Comedy writer Soph Galustian has landed her first BBC commission on the back of her sketches and monologues released on social media.
© Warner Media Starring his real-life brother and mother
09/09/2021 … Mawaan Rizwan is piloting a BBC comedy based on his family life.
After signing a deal with the Acast platform
09/09/2021 … The team behind the Guilty Feminist are set to launch a range of new podcasts after signing a new deal with the Acast platform.
IT Crowd stars sign up for new animated comedy
09/09/2021 … It Crowd stars Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry are being reunited in a new TV series.
'Hurtful' phrases unearthed after she's signed up for a Covid campaign
09/09/2021 … Janey Godley has apologised for making ‘horridly offensive’ comments on social media.
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