© BBC BBC orders a fifth series of Citizen Khan
19/01/2016 … BBC One has commissioned a fifth series of Citizen Khan.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 19 January 2016
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Jimmy Carr's Netflix special gets a release date
Plus live shows from Patton Oswalt and Hannibal Buress
19/01/2016 … Jimmy Carr’s Netflix special is to be released on March 18, the streaming giant has announced.
Peter Kay's back catalogue raided again
Backwards-looking BBC plans MORE tributes
19/01/2016 … The BBC is to air ANOTHER tribute to Peter Kay’s comedy career - this one spanning six half-hour episodes.
Mon 18 January 2016
Steve Coogan to play Stan Laurel
With John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy
18/01/2016 … Steve Coogan is to play Stan Laurel in a new biopic of Laurel and Hardy.
Victory for Veep
...and Deborah Francis White in Writers' Guild awards
18/01/2016 … Veep has scooped the Writers’ Guild award for best TV comedy – with Deborah Francis-White taking the radio category.
Having a blast!
Catherine Tate stars in A-bomb musical
18/01/2016 … Catherine Tate is to star in a new comic musical, set in America’s atomic age.
Stars revealed for the first Netflix Black Mirror
18/01/2016 … The first stars have been named for the new episodes of Black Mirror to be made for Netflix.
© Comic Relief Jo Brand's 'Hell Of A Walk'
150-mile UK trek for Sports Relief
18/01/2016 … Jo Brand is to take part in a 150-mile coast-to-coast trek for Sport Relief.