ABC to pilot Ed Weeks's script
Written with Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay
29/01/2016 … America’s ABC network is to pilot a new comedy from Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay and British comic Ed Weeks.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 29 January 2016
Another BBC series for Patrick Kielty
Chat show based on guest's internet history
29/01/2016 … Patrick Kielty is to host a new chat show for BBC Northern Ireland.
'I'm still contemporary!'
Bobby Davro complains he's pigeonholed as 'stuck in the 1980s'
29/01/2016 … Bobby Davro has complained that he can’t get TV slots as he’s been pigeonholed as ‘belonging the 1980s’.
© Comic Relief Jo Brand completes her 'Walk Of Hell'
150-mile trek ends in Liverpool
29/01/2016 … Jo Brand has finished her 150-mile coast-to-coast walk for Sport Relief, ending up in Liverpool last night.
Thu 28 January 2016
Jim Jefferies to return to the UK
28/01/2016 … Jim Jefferies is returning to the UK for his first tour in four years.
Dieudonne detained
Anti-semitic French comic banned from entering Hong Kong
28/01/2016 … Anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has been detained at Hong Kong airport.
Now ITV loses its comedy chief
28/01/2016 … ITV’s comedy chief Elaine Bedell is stepping down in the latest shuffle of senior broadcasting executives across the industry.
Frankie Boyle jumps to Netflix
Tour recorded for streaming giant
28/01/2016 … Frankie Boyle is to become the second British comic to release a stand-up special exclusively on Netflix.