All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Partridge creator set to take the Roger Moore role
17/05/2020 … Steve Coogan’s long-standing plans to star in a remake of 1970s action comedy series The Persuaders! have juddered into life once more.
© Joe Mabel/CC BY-SA 3.0 Partner Marc Maron shares his grief
17/05/2020 … American director Lynn Shelton has died at the age of 54, her partner Marc Maron has announced.
© Angela George Tributes as comedy veteran Fred Willard dies at 86
16/05/2020 … Fred Willard, whose 50-year career as a comedy actor included Anchorman and Best In Show, has died at the age of 86.
16/05/2020 … Here's our pick of the best new comedy on demand.
16/05/2020 … Character comedian Myra Dubois is to appear on Britain’s Got Talent tonight.
Apple TV+ announces a lockdown special
16/05/2020 … Apple TV is to make a lockdown edition of its workplace comedy series, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet.
Keith Lemon questions show's future now Holly Willoughby has quit
16/05/2020 … Keith Lemon has said that the future of Celebrity Juice hangs in the balance now Holly Willoughby has left the show after 12 years.
After cop show becomes Sky's biggest new comedy in eight years
15/05/2020 … Sky has ordered a second series of its spoof cop show Code 404 after it became the broadcaster’s biggest comedy launch in eight years.
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