All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC National Television Awards results
29/01/2020 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was won the comedy award at last night’s National Television Awards – at the expense of Fleabag and Derry Girls.
A black-tie do on the banks of the Thames
29/01/2020 … Al Murray, Rory Bremner and Milton Jones are among the comedians just announced for this year’s Henley Festival.
© C4 Comedy now being hawked around Hollywood again
28/01/2020 … Plans for a US comedy based on an idea by Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea have hit the buffers.
Another series for cop-turned-comic
28/01/2020 … The BBC has commissioned a fifth series of Radio 4 series It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned-comic Alfie Moore.
Tributes flood in for Nicholas Parsons
28/01/2020 … Tributes have been flooding in for Nicholas Parsons, who died in the early hours of this morning at the age of 96.
The final whistle blows on an incredible career
28/01/2020 … Nicholas Parsons, who hosted Radio 4's Just a Minute since its inception in 1967, has died aged 96 after a short illness.
Eerie scene in Legends Of Chamberlain Heights
28/01/2020 … Comedy Central has pulled an episode of an animated sitcom which depicted Kobe Bryant dying in a helicopter crash.
© marianasbits Comics named for Edinburgh showcases
27/01/2020 … The comedians taking part in this year's Best In Class scheme to champion working-class voices in comedy have been announced.
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