Apple TV is Trying
Streaming services orders new Britcom with Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall
20/01/2020 … Imelda Staunton and Rafe Spall are to star in a relationship comedy called Trying for Apple's on-demand TV service.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 20 January 2020
Alternative comedy pioneer Jenny Lecoat writes her first novel
And already it's been sold to America for a six-figure sum
20/01/2020 … Jenny Lecoat, one of the pioneers of the alternative comedy circuit, has written her first novel - and it has just been sold to an American publisher in a six-figure…
Netflix to make a series about the Paris stand-up scene
Tracking four would-be comedians
20/01/2020 … Netflix is making a fictional series about four young comedians trying to make it in the Paris stand-up scene.
Steve Martin and Martin Short to star in 'true crime' comedy
Co-created with Grace and Frankie producer
20/01/2020 … Steve Martin and Martin Short are making a new comedy series inspired by the true-crime craze.
It's Phoebe Winner-Bridge (again!)
Fleabag star triumphs at Screen Actors’ Guild awards
20/01/2020 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge has yet another accolade for her mantelpiece after scooping the Screen Actors’ Guild award for best actress in a comedy last night.
Sun 19 January 2020
Sky finds space for Armando Iannucci's new comedy
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
19/01/2020 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
The troll shebang...
The best of the week's live comedy
19/01/2020 … The best of the week's live comedy.
Sat 18 January 2020
Bill Burr to make an ‘outrageous psychological thriller'
New short-form series in the pipeline
18/01/2020 … Bill Burr and a host of fellow comedians are making an ‘outrageous psychological thriller series’ for new short-form video platform Quibi.