All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
New survey hopes to find the answers
17/06/2020 … A newly-formed lobby group is trying to determine the full extent of the financial damage the Covid-19 lockdown has wreaked on the comedy industry.
© UKTV The CW network snaps up the rights
17/06/2020 … Taskmaster is to air in the US.
It's Always Sunny...and Bob and David dropped
17/06/2020 … Netflix has removed more comedy shows because of blackface.
...at least if you're a politician on Twitter
17/06/2020 … Politicians who want to show off their sense of humour should avoid puns, researchers have found.
17/06/2020 … The Miller family from Ipswich has been named Britain’s Funniest Family by the Beano.
...but it won't quite be a normal episode
17/06/2020 … 30 Rock is to return, seven years after it went off the air.
16/06/2020 … The controversial episode of Fawlty Towers has been restored to on-demand TV, with its strong racist language intact.
Loans and grants for the charity behind the festival
16/06/2020 … The Edinburgh Fringe has received a £1.
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