Victoria Wood dies at 62
20/04/2016 … Victoria Wood has died at the age of 62, after being diagnosed with cancer, her publicist has said.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 20 April 2016
© C4 Drop The Dead Donkey's 'Henry Davenport' dies
20/04/2016 … David Swift, the actor who played Henry Davenport in the Drop the Dead Donkey, has died days before his 86th birthday.
© BBC 'A heartbreaking day for comedy'
Stars pay tribute to Victoria Wood
20/04/2016 … Cant believe Vic has gone.
Dawn French to star in Sky 1 drama
Sex, food and secrets in Delicious
20/04/2016 … Dawn French is to star in a four-part Sky 1 drama set in rural Cornwall.
Paddy McGuinness to host car show
20/04/2016 … Paddy McGuinness is to present a new car-based show for The Travel Channel In Drive Of My Life, the Take Me Out comic will drive celebrities to places that mean…
What Lucy did next
Sky's ex-comedy boss lands US deal for her new company
20/04/2016 … Former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden has launched her own independent TV company, Yellow Door Productions, which already has a ‘first look’ deal with…
Limmy to play Edinburgh Fringe
20/04/2016 … LIMMY is to perform at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Tracy Morgan pulls gig over gay rights
Comic boycotts Mississippi over new law
20/04/2016 … Tracy Morgan has pulled a gig in Mississippi in protest against the state legalising discrimination against gay people.