Netflix to release Rhys Darby's sitcom
20/03/2014 … RHYS DARBY’s new sitcom Short Poppies is to launch on Netflix on April 3, the on-demand service has announced.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 20 March 2014
Hands across the pond
Sky partners with America's FX to find new comedy hits
20/03/2014 … Sky TV has announced a new deal to develop comedies with its American sister company FX.
BBC Three renews comedies
New series for Bad Education, Bluestone 42 and Some Girls
20/03/2014 … BBC Three has announced that Bad Education, Bluestone 42 and Some Girls will all return for new series.
John Kearns to star in cop comedy
With Irish comic Conor McKenna
20/03/2014 … John Kearns is to star in a new Naked Gun-style BBC Three comedy set in the police force.
Elis James to star in BBC Three prison comedy
600 Days set in a Young Offenders' Institution
20/03/2014 … The BBC is to make a comedy series set in a Young Offenders’ Institution, which will give Elis James his first acting break.
Wed 19 March 2014
America's FX orders The Comedians
19/03/2014 … America is to get another sitcom set behind the scenes of a late-night sketch comedy show.
Smashed it!
Comedians set new stand-up record
19/03/2014 … After more than 82 hours of continuous comedy, the record for the longest stand-up gig was broken in Portsmouth last night.
Comedians celebrate BBC Two's big 5-0
Details of special shows revealed
19/03/2014 … BBC Two has confirmed details of the comedy shows lined up to mark its 50th anniversary.