All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Liberal Democrats / Creative Commons Ex-MP stars in Fringe musical about his 'heroic failures'
29/06/2016 … Lembit Opik is taking a second stab at a comedy career, by starring in a musical at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Cancelled shows back on – 12 months late
29/06/2016 … Gigs postponed by psychic comedy character Shirley Ghostman have finally been rescheduled – a full year after they were initially cancelled.
29/06/2016 … Hugh Laurie, Sarah Silverman and Jeffrey Tambor are to get their own stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
28/06/2016 … Russell Howard's Good News is up for a TV Choice Award.
See Rachel & Monica's apartment... for £24
28/06/2016 … FriendsFest, the interactive exhibition dedicated to the US sitcom, is to make a UK tour.
Dawsons Creek star in Carters Get Rich
28/06/2016 … Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek has joined the cast of Sky1's new family sitcom about a boy who becomes an internet millionaire.
Team captain opposite Geordie Shore's Vicky Pattison
28/06/2016 … Tom Rosenthal is set to be a team captain on a new ITV2 panel show opposite Vicky Pattison.
27/06/2016 … THE line-up has been announced for the Edinburgh Comedy Gala in aid of HIV charity Waverley Care.
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