BBC picks up Porridge and Motherland
And Tim Renkow's A Brief History Of Tim
06/10/2016 … The BBC is to make full series of the revived Porridge; Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan’s Motherland and Tim Renkow’s A Brief History Of Tim.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 06 October 2016
Wed 05 October 2016
The trailer just dropped for Stephen Merchant's new show
05/10/2016 … The first trailer has been released for Stephen Merchant's new American comedy series.
Radio 4 drops Don't Make Me Laugh
David Baddiel's show attracted complaints over Queen gag
05/10/2016 … Radio 4 has axed David Baddiel's Don't Make Me Laugh – after it sparked a storm over jokes about the Queen's sex life.
E4 buys Black-ish
Hit US series to air this month
05/10/2016 … Channel 4 has acquired the UK rights to American sitcom Black-ish.
Ricky Gervais announces new David Brent dates
05/10/2016 … Ricky Gervais has announced two more music gigs as David Brent.
© ABC Ronny Chieng's sitcom picked up for series
To air in the US and Australia
05/10/2016 … Ronny Chieng’s sitcom has been picked up for a full series in Australia and America, following a successful pilot.
Tue 04 October 2016
Off the hook
No action against comic who called Turkish president a goat-shagger
04/10/2016 … German prosecutors have dropped their case against a comedian accused of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Women scoop ALL these comedy writing awards
04/10/2016 … WOMEN have cleaned up in a talent hunt for exciting new comedy writers, scooping all four awards.