Russell Howard takes his mum on tour
....for a new US travelogue series
08/04/2016 … Russell Howard is making a US road trip show – accompanied by his mother, Ninette.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 08 April 2016
Ricky Gervais returns to stand-up
08/04/2016 … Ricky Gervais is returning to stand-up, six years after he last took to the stage.
Thu 07 April 2016
Henry Normal leaves Baby Cow
Steve Coogan's business partner returns to performing
07/04/2016 … Comedy producer Henry Normal is to leave Baby Cow, the company he founded with Steve Coogan 17 years ago.
Bring The Noise is silenced
Sky cancels music quiz after one series
07/04/2016 … Sky 1 has cancelled its music quiz Bring The Noise.
Noel Fielding belongs in a Museum
07/04/2016 … Noel Fielding is to take over from Sarah Millican as the curator on the next series of Radio 4’s Museum of Curiosity.
Harry Hill cooks up a new Sky TV food show
...and developing a sitcom for the BBC
07/04/2016 … Harry Hill is to front a new series for Sky 1 that’s part chat show and part fake cookery programme.
Comedian faces jail for insulting Turkish president
Because it's against GERMAN law
07/04/2016 … A comedian could be jailed for insulting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.