Making an exhibition of himself...
Museum buys Peter Kay's purple Amarillo suit
17/12/2020 … The purple suit Peter Kay famously wore in the video for the 2005 Comic Relief single (Is This The Way To) Amarillo has been saved for the nation.
2020 Archives
Thu 17 December 2020
© BBC Studios Mrs Brown's Boys to be on TV until 2026
Brendan O’Carroll reveals new BBC contract
17/12/2020 … Mrs Brown's Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has signed a deal to keep his sitcom on the BBC for seven more years.
BBC seeks new comedy shorts
Up to 20 Life Lessons sketches to be commissioned
17/12/2020 … The BBC has revealed more details of its Laugh Lessons initiative to make more short comedy films.
Wed 16 December 2020
Just For Laughs founder acquitted of rape
'It's a dark day' says the woman who brought charges
16/12/2020 … Gilbert Rozon, the founder of Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival, has been acquitted of rape and indecent assault.
Russell Howard to be the first UK comic let back into New Zealand
Two weeks of quarantine before gigs
16/12/2020 … Russell Howard is to become the first Northern hemisphere comedian to play New Zealand since lockdown.
Scumbag no more!
Adrian Edmondson takes part in University Challenge... for real
16/12/2020 … What a difference 36 years makes! In 1984 Adrian Edmondson appeared on a fictional version of University Challenge as Vyvyan, representing Scumbag College alongside…
London Hughes, Hollywood star
Comic working on semi-autobiographical film Hot Mess
16/12/2020 … London Hughes is set to star in her first Hollywood comedy film, loosely based on her own life.
Stath Lets Flats gets a US remake
'Bren Rents' being developed for Fox
16/12/2020 … Jamie Demetriou is working on an American remake of Stath Lets Flats.