All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Edinburgh International TV Festival London Hughes speaks out about racism in British TV
27/08/2021 … The British TV industry thinks anyone black is a ‘risk’, comedian London Hughes has claimed.
Comedy rift revealed in newly discovered footage
27/08/2021 … Morecambe and Wise branded Monty Python ‘boring’ and ‘unprofessional’ in in a newly discovered interview.
© Steve Ullathorne UK's longest-running new comedy contest
26/08/2021 … Omar Badawy has won this year’s So You Think You’re Funny? new act competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© Amazon Prime Video Amazon stand-up series to air next year
26/08/2021 … Amazon has revealed the comics taking part in its new stand-up series Backstage with Katherine Ryan.
26/08/2021 … French & Saunders have released a second series of their podcast Titting About today – including some previously unaired sketches.
© C4 26/08/2021 … The creators of People Just Do Nothing and King Gary have joined forces for a new 1980s crime-comedy caper for Channel 4.
© Donna Sydee/CC BY-SA 4.0 Novel about 1960s comedy scene adapted for Sky
26/08/2021 … Gemma Arterton is to play a groundbreaking 1960s comedy star in a new TV adaptation of Nick Hornby’s bestselling novel, Funny Girl.
Undercover cops series to air next year
25/08/2021 … BBC One has ordered a new comedy-thriller about undercover police officers.
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