Let's erect a plaque to Barry Cryer
Calls for comic to be remembered at Mornington Crescent
04/02/2022 … Calls are growing for Barry Cryer to be commemorated with a blue plaque at Mornington Crescent underground station in London.
2022 Archives
Fri 04 February 2022
Thu 03 February 2022
© ITV ITV2 orders wrestling comedy from Max & Ivan
Deep Heat's guest stars will include Matt Lucas and John Thomson
03/02/2022 … Comedy duo Max & Ivan are making a wrestling comedy for ITV2.
© Maximilian Bühn/CC BY-SA 4.0 Geoffrey Rush to play Groucho Marx
New biopic about the comedian’s later life
03/02/2022 … Geoffrey Rush is set to play Groucho Marx in a movie about the comedian’s later life.
LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition is back
03/02/2022 … Entries have opened for the Comedy Bloomers LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year competition 2022.
Kids In The Hall documentary coming to Amazon Prime
Featuring unseen footage of the Canadian comedy pioneers
03/02/2022 … Amazon Prime Video has picked up a two-part documentary about Canadian comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
© John Korn Comedian's oil paintings go on show
Otiz Cannelloni's tributes to his comedy heroes
03/02/2022 … A stand-up who turned to painting his comedy heroes to get through lockdown has landed his first exhibition.
It's all Goon wrong!
Ian Hislop recalls his encounter with Spike Milligan
03/02/2022 … As Ian Hislop’s new play about Spike Milligan opens, the Private Eye editor recalls how disaster turned to triumph when he met his comedy hero.
Starstruck series 2 trailer
03/02/2022 … Here’s the trailer for the second series of Rose Matafeo’s romcom Starstruck.