All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Association aims to give one voice to a fragmented sector
02/05/2020 … A total of 600 comedians, promoters, agents and others have signed up for a new comedy industry trade body within 24 hours of it launching.
Star 'had cancer and a brain tumour'
02/05/2020 … Sam Lloyd, who played depressed lawyer Ted Buckland on the long-running US hospital comedy Scrubs, has died at the age of 56.
Jury to rank top 30 for new Gold series
02/05/2020 … TV channel Gold, has revealed the top 30 comedy characters of all-time, according to a public poll.
01/05/2020 … The BBC received more than 180 complaints that its Big Night In fundraiser included ‘offensive content or humour’.
Voldemort star to play Mrs Trunchball
01/05/2020 … Ralph Fiennes, has officially signed on to play the dictatorial headmistress Miss Trunchbull in the movie version of the Matilda musical.
01/05/2020 … Comedian Hannibal Buress has released a new single, Judge Judy, all about America's long-running TV show.
...but as producers of content
30/04/2020 … A bunch of stand-up and cabaret stars have turned to a platform best known for its adult content to help them get through the lockdown.
© Ardfern/CC BY-SA 3.0 30/04/2020 … The owners of Britain’s biggest comedy clubs are confident they can bounce back from the lockdown – but are uncertain when that would be.
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