© Stuart Hogben Bill Bailey to headline Latitude
First comedy name announced for Suffolk festival
04/12/2019 … Bill Bailey has been named as the first headliner for Latitude's Comedy Arena next year.
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Wed 04 December 2019
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Writers' Guild announces award nominees
Brassic, Derry Girls and Home up for best sitcom
04/12/2019 … The creators of Sky comedy Brassic and Channel 4’s Derry Girls and Home are all up for awards from The Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
HBO specials for Ahir Shah and Rose Matafeo
Pair record stand-up shows for new streaming service
04/12/2019 … Rose Matafeo and Ahir Shah are to record stand-up specials for the new HBO Max streaming service in America.
Tue 03 December 2019
Vancouver up
Just For Laughs announces fifth festival in the city
03/12/2019 … Just for Laughs has announced its fifth comedy festival for Vancouver.
NextUp announces its December releases
Comedy on-demand service's new arrivals
03/12/2019 … Comedy on-demand subscription service NextUp has announced which stand-up specials will be dropping on the platform this month.
Amused Moose starts its 2020 new act hunt
03/12/2019 … Amused Moose Comedy has launched its annual talent hunt for new comedians.
Philomena Cunk's back!
Diane Morgan's character returns for a round-up of 2019
03/12/2019 … Philomena Cunk is to look back at the events of the year in a new BBC Two special.
BBC orders a comedy-drama based around Parkinson's
From writer Paul Mayhew-Archer
03/12/2019 … The BBC has commissioned a romantic comedy about people with Parkinson's disease, written by Vicar of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew-Archer, who has the condition…