All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor join Louise Minchin in celeb special
07/08/2024 … Comedians Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor are to take on the Gladiators in a new celebrity special.
© Leanna Bates More than 100 friends, comics and fans interviewed for documentary
06/08/2024 … Filming has wrapped on a comprehensive documentary chronicling the life of American comedian Mitch Hedberg.
© Netflix/Avalon Wang In There, Baby! recorded in a candlelit theatre
06/08/2024 … Phil Wang’s second Netflix stand-up special Wang In There, Baby! is to be released on September 3, it has been announced.
New schemes ties in with telly fest
06/08/2024 … Ten Fringe comedians have been picked to have their work showcased to executives at the Edinburgh TV festival.
To air on BBC Wales and iPlayer
05/08/2024 … Welsh comic Leroy Brito is recording his first half-hour stand-up special for the BBC.
Blind comic confirmed as a contestant
05/08/2024 … Chris McCausland has been confirmed as a contestant in the next series of BBC One’s troubled Strictly Come Dancing.
05/08/2024 … The BBC will not be making a second series of its comedy Henpocalypse!, the broadcaster has confirmed.
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
04/08/2024 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday August 4 HATE THY NEIGHBOUR: Jamali Maddix's 2017 Vice TV series comes to U&Dave…
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