A dark day for Josh Widdicombe
Tour date abandoned as power fails
10/09/2015 … Josh Widdicombe was forced to cancel the opening night of his tour last night after a power cut hit the Playhouse Theatre in Oxford.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 10 September 2015
Sky eyes Romesh Ranganathan sitcom
About a barrister turned rural pub landlord
10/09/2015 … Romesh Ranganathan is working on a semi-autobiographical sitcom for Sky 1.
© Carys Lavin Funny Women drops 'pay-to-play'
Competition's 2015 final approaches
10/09/2015 … The Funny Women award has quietly dropped its controversial charge for comedians to enter.
Brits make America's Got Talent final
Success for Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon
10/09/2015 … Paul Zerdin and Piff The Magic Dragon have both made it through to the final of America's Got Talent.
© ITV David Walliams to record BBC sketch show
10/09/2015 … David Walliams is recording a new sketch show for BBC One.
Wed 09 September 2015
Tim Vine pilots radio chat show
09/09/2015 … TIM VINE is piloting a chat show for Radio 4, in which he'll interview members of the audience rather than celebrities.
He's not dead, he's restin'
Terry Gilliam laughs off death reports
09/09/2015 … Terry Gilliam has laughed off reports of his death.
Brits storm America's Got Talent
Watch Piff and Paul Zerdin in the semi-finals
09/09/2015 … British acts Piff The Magic Dragon and Paul Zerdin both performed in the live semi-finals of America's Got Talent last night.