Musical comic wins SYTYF?
Edinburgh triumph for Aidan Strangeman
21/08/2014 … Irish musical comedian Aidan Strangeman has won the annual So You Think You’re Funny? new talent hunt at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 21 August 2014
© C4 E4 buys Gum
New comedy from award-winning playwright
21/08/2014 … E4 has greenlit a new comedy series about a Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old, bought up in a strict religious family in Tower Hamlets, east London.
Roy Chubby Brown caught reading while driving
21/08/2014 … Roy Chubby Brown has been fined after reading a newspaper while driving.
Sketch show for PhoneShop's Javone
...and BBC Two orders first transgender sitcom
21/08/2014 … PhoneShop star Javone Prince has landed his own BBC Two sketch series.
© BBC Full series for Josh Widdecombe's sitcom
BBC Three announces raft of new comedies
21/08/2014 … BBC Three is to make a full series of Josh Widdicombe’s flatshare sitcom following the success of an iPlayer pilot.
Dreaming of a Black Mirror Christmas
21/08/2014 … CHARLIE BROOKER’S Black Mirror is to return with a feature-length Christmas special which Channel 4 says is 'the most mind-bending yet'.
Wed 20 August 2014
And the 2014 nominees are...
20/08/2014 … The nominees for this year’s Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards have been announced.
This Frog has croaked
20/08/2014 … The Frog And Bucket is to close its Preston branch after five years.