All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Colin Knowles/CC BY-SA 2.0 Director and ex-Python to attend Bristol celebration
01/12/2023 … Terry Gilliam is to attend Bristol’s Slapstick festival of vintage comedy next year, where he will receive an award for his contribution to visual comedy.
...in a C5 documentary about the comedian to be screened this Christmas
01/12/2023 … Footage of Dudley Moore never previously seen on British TV is to be broadcast for the first time.
After skewering Prince Andrew, comedian has Britain's shortest-serving PM in his sights
30/11/2023 … Kieran Hodgson is writing a musical about Liz Truss’s short-lived time as Prime Minister.
Comics ranked alongside Young Fathers
30/11/2023 … Fern Brady is the second most influential name in Scottish culture – with fellow comedian Marjolein Robertson at number 3.
Six scripts to be turned into audio pilots
30/11/2023 … Cult double act The Electric Head have won the first Galton & Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award.
© Stuart Hogben ...as Evil Genius is renewed and he writes a sitcom about his dad
30/11/2023 … Russell Kane is to become a children’s author.
Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean's BBC Radio Wales topical panel show
30/11/2023 … BBC Radio Wales has ordered a Christmas special of its satirical comedy panel show What Just Happened? Hosted by Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean, the show…
Will I Ever Have Sex Again? to be released next year
30/11/2023 … Sofie Hagen’s book about being involuntarily celibate is to be published in May, after four publishers battled for the rights.
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