Katt Williams punches a teenager in the face
But comes off worst in the end...
23/03/2016 … Katt Williams has been caught on camera punching a teenager in the face.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 23 March 2016
© C4 Scrotal Recall to return
23/03/2016 … Scrotal Recall has been re-commissioned for a seconds series – but on Netflix, not Channel 4.
© Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons From Hobbit to Dirk Gently
Elijah Wood signs up for new series
23/03/2016 … Hobbit star Elijah Wood has signed up to the new TV adaptation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
Student award: Final People's Choice heat
23/03/2016 … Voting has now opened for the People's Choice award for the final leg of the Chortle Student Comedy award.
© C4/Ed Miller Two out of three ain't bad
RTS award victories for Catastrophe and Chewing Gum
23/03/2016 … Catastrophe was named best scripted comedy at the Royal Television Society Awards last night, with creators Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan also scooping the comedy…
'Utterly shameless'
John Cleese hits out at unofficial Fawlty Towers show
23/03/2016 … John Cleese is threatening to sue the theatre company behind the Faulty Towers Dining Experience for ripping off his characters.
BBC launches 2016 New Comedy Award
23/03/2016 … Entries have opened for this year's BBC New Comedy Award.
Tue 22 March 2016
Chortle Award 2016 winners named
Triple victory for Joseph Morpurgo
22/03/2016 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer were honoured with an award for outstanding contribution to comedy at the Chortle Awards tonight.