All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Pair back together for Sky's There’s Something About Movie
02/10/2020 … Jennifer Saunders is to be reunited with her Ab Fab co-star Joanna Lumley on Sky One’s panel show There’s Something About Movies.
Comic hit back at verbal abuse
02/10/2020 … Sue Perkins has revealed she has been the victim of her 'first homophobic insult in 20 years'.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 To harness the health benefits of comedy
01/10/2020 … Liverpool is to celebrate one of its most famous sons with an official Doddy Day – on the weekend of what would have been Ken Dodd’s 93rd birthday.
01/10/2020 … Radio 4 has commissioned a new stand-up series from Chris Neill following the success of his show Woof.
© BBC/Channel X So Awkward actor was Nicholas Lyndhurst's son
01/10/2020 … Archie Lyndhurst, the son of Only Fools and Horses actor Nicholas Lyndhurst and star of the CBBC comedy show So Awkward, has died at the age of 19.
© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Her production company launches new writing competition
01/10/2020 … Olivia Colman’s production company is launching a comedy script competition for writer-performers.
© BBC Tony Robinson in talks with streaming giant
01/10/2020 … Sir Tony Robinson has been in talks with streaming giant Netflix to reboot classic 1990s kids’ comedy Maid Marian and Her Merry Men.
30/09/2020 … Taskmaster is to launch on Channel 4 at 9pm on Thursday October 15, the broadcaster has announced today.
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