Tom Allen writes his memoirs
Autobiography No Shame to be published this autumn
02/07/2020 … Tom Allen has written his autobiography.
2020 Archives
Thu 02 July 2020
Could outdoor comedy gigs be back?
Plans for new events... and they're not drive-ins
02/07/2020 … Plans are afoot for the first non-drive-in comedy shows since lockdown began.
Wed 01 July 2020
Who's starring in the US remake of Ghosts?
01/07/2020 … The US remake of Ghosts has cast its two main characters.
Beavis and Butt-Head are to return
Animated duo to be 'reimagined for a Gen Z world'
01/07/2020 … Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back to TV, with Comedy Central ordering two new series from creator Mike Judge.
Shappi Khorsandi: Ladette culture stopped us talking about sexual misconduct
Stand-up speaks out about the the comedy industry’s revitalised #MeToo movement
01/07/2020 … Shappi Khorsandi has said that female comedians stayed silent about the ‘horrible stuff’ going on in the comedy circuit in the Nineties partly because…
Tue 30 June 2020
© BBC Fawlty Towers actor Louis Mahoney dies at 81
He played the doctor in The Germans episode
30/06/2020 … Louis Mahoney, who played the doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans has died at the age of 81.
Curb Your Enthusiasm to return for its 11th series
30/06/2020 … Larry David is to make an 11th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, broadcaster HBO has revealed.
Which UK comedian was a judge on Australia’s Got Talent?
30/06/2020 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.