Lenny Henry is Chancellor
...of Birmingham City University
21/07/2016 … Lenny Henry has been made chancellor of Birmingham City University.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 21 July 2016
Wed 20 July 2016
Nish Kumar fights deportation
...in a new film with Tez Ilyas
20/07/2016 … Tez Ilyas and Nish Kumar have made a short film about deporting immigrants for the BBC.
Now it's Dr Peter Kay
Honorary degree from his old uni
20/07/2016 … Peter Kay has received an honorary doctorate from his old university.
Rare Kenny Everett footage uncovered
Local radio shows lost for four decades
20/07/2016 … Recordings of comedian Kenny Everett working on local radio stations have been unearthed after more than 40 years.
Justin Moorhouse goes to the Olympics
Comic cuts Fringe run to cover Games
20/07/2016 … Justin Moorhouse has cancelled the first two weeks of his Edinburgh run to cover the Olympics for the major broadcaster that is… furniture store DFS.
America's Got Talent sticks with TapeFace
Act makes it to the live quarter-final
20/07/2016 … TapeFace has made it through to the live rounds of America’s Got Talent after using judge Howie Mandel as a stooge in his act.
Garry Marshall, giant of US comedy, dies
Legacy spans Happy Days to The Princess Princess Diaries
20/07/2016 … Garry Marshall, who created the sitcom Happy Days, has died at the age of 81.
Tue 19 July 2016
David Baddiel sells film rights to The Parent Agency
Hollywood deal for his kids' book
19/07/2016 … David Baddiel has sold the film rights to his first children’s book, The Parent Agency.