'Desperate Housewives on acid'
Channel 4 buys hit Belgian comedy
18/05/2016 … Channel 4 has picked up the rights to a hit Belgian comedy dubbed 'Desperate Housewives on acid'.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 18 May 2016
Erdogan 'goat-shagging' poem banned
German courts issue injunction against comic
18/05/2016 … A German court has slapped an injunction on comedian Jan Böhmermann, preventing him repeating his poem insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Tue 17 May 2016
A bit more Fry and Laurie
Unseen scripts to be published
17/05/2016 … Swathes of unseen Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie scripts are set to be published in a new book.
Burnistoun duo head for London
17/05/2016 … BURNISTOUN creators Iain Connell and Robert Florence are to make their London debut with their new live show, Uncles.
Jason Byrne writes his childhood memoirs
17/05/2016 … Jason Byrne is writing his first book, a memoir about his mischievous childhood escapades between the ages of five and 16.
Joe Lycett tests out new talk show
With Have I Got News For You producers
17/05/2016 … Joe Lycett is testing out a new celebrity chat show.
Comedian to walk the entire London Tube network
Ben Van der Velde's fundraiser for refugees
17/05/2016 … Comedian Ben Van der Velde is to walk the 350 miles of the London Underground network within a month, to raise money for the Refugee Council.
Heckler glasses comedian on stage
Watch footage of James Loveridge being attacked
17/05/2016 … CCTV footage has emerged of a heckler hurling a glass at a comedian on stage, drawing blood.