Lockdown will reawaken a love of live stand-up
...it did for me, writes Connor Wallace
07/07/2020 … In 2016, I thought I was finished with comedy.
2020 Archives
Tue 07 July 2020
Bill Bailey and Jason Manford to play first socially-distanced arena
Newcastle Racecourse becomes a festival site
07/07/2020 … Jason Manford and Bill Bailey are to be the first comedians to play what’s being billed as the first socially distanced live music arena.
© Netflix John Mulaney to make two more Sack Lunch Bunch specials
Moving from Netflix to Comedy Central
07/07/2020 … America's Comedy Central has signed up stand-up John Mulaney to produce two more of his Sack Lunch Bunch children's musical comedy specials.
© HFPA How many Baftas has Ricky Gervais won?
07/07/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
Joe Lycett's got your badge
Comic designs a pin to hail lockdown heroes
07/07/2020 … As an artist, Joe Lycett has already had a sculpture displayed at the Royal Academy.
Book deal for Gary Delaney
Collection of one-liners out this autumn
07/07/2020 … Gary Delaney has signed a deal to publish some of his best one-liners in a new joke book.
Alan Partridge: From The Oasthouse trailer
07/07/2020 … Audible has created a trailer for Alan Partridge's new podcast, From The Oasthouse.
Mon 06 July 2020
Chris and Rosie Ramsey reschedule podcast tour
Shagged. Married. Annoyed now hits the road in 2021
06/07/2020 … Chris and Rosie Ramsey have rescheduled their live Shagged.