‘Please save some for my funeral'
Tributes flood in for Letterman's last Late Show
21/05/2015 … David Letterman bowed out of the Late Show last night, after 22 years on the air and 6,028 broadcast.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 21 May 2015
Wed 20 May 2015
Catastrophe up for top TV award
20/05/2015 … CATASTROPHE, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's Channel 4 comedy has been shortlisted for the best new programme of the year in the Edinburgh TV Awards, awarded during…
Radio 4's Sketchorama returns with a new host
...and a reunion of the Penny Dreadfuls troupe
20/05/2015 … Radio 4's Sketchorama showcase is to return with a new host, Isy Suttie.
© C4 Comics set for C4's new quiz show
Celebrity versions of Benchmark announced
20/05/2015 … Jimmy Carr, Vic Reeves, Mark Watson and Jason Byrne are to appear in a celebrity version of Channel 4's new daytime quiz Benchmark.
Catherine Tate's Nan returns
20/05/2015 … Catherine Tate is to make a comeback as her enduring Nan character.
Tue 19 May 2015
Kitson's Polyphony to play Edinburgh
19/05/2015 … DANIEL KITSON is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Star's trek
Rhod Gilbert to tackle Patagonia
19/05/2015 … Rhod Gilbert is to trek Argentina for charity.
© Gordon Joly / Creative Commons Sark-astic comedy
London landmark becomes a comedy venue
19/05/2015 … London landmark The Cutty Sark is to become a comedy venueThe 19th-century clipper is to host a series of Edinburgh previews in its hold in the week running up to…