BBC buys Norwegian comedy Afterglow
About a woman diagnosed with cancer
25/04/2023 … The BBC has acquired Norwegian comedy drama Afterglow for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.
Tue 25 April 2023
Fri 21 April 2023
Julian Clary wins the Bath Plug award
Handed out by the city's comedy festival
21/04/2023 … Julian Clary has been given this year’s Bath Plug Award for outstanding services to comedy.
Mon 17 April 2023
Craig Ferguson and Robert Lindsay join Bleak Expectations
West End adaptation of Radio 4 comedy
17/04/2023 … Craig Ferguson and Robert Lindsay have joined the West End version of the Dickensian Radio 4 comedy Bleak Expectations.
Sun 16 April 2023
© TJ Garvie Shahnee Hunter wins Deadly Funny 2023
Competition for First Nation Australians
16/04/2023 … Queensland’s Shahnee Hunter has won this year’s Deadly Funny competition for Aboriginal comedians.
Sat 15 April 2023
Mark Flynn wins Bath's new act competition
15/04/2023 … Mark Flynn has won this year’s new act competition at the Bath Comedy Festival.
Thu 13 April 2023
WiFi Wars announces its biggest tour yet
30 dates for comedy gaming show
13/04/2023 … Comedy videogaming show WiFi Wars has announced a 2023 tour, its biggest yet.
£1,000 grant for funny female filmmakers
New bursary in memory of Phoebe Frances Brown
13/04/2023 … A new £1,000 grant has been created to help an up-and-coming female filmmaker turn a comedy idea into reality.
© Lesley Martin La Clique heads to Manchester
Burlesque cabaret's first Northern residency
13/04/2023 … Burlesque cabaret institution La Clique is heading to Manchester for its very first residency in the North of England.