2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 14 May 2016
Jack Whitehall announces tour
At Large kicks off in February 2017
14/05/2016 … Jack Whitehall is to launch his ‘biggest tour ever’ early next year.
Blackpool club legend Jack Diamond dies
14/05/2016 … JACK DIAMOND, a North West club comedian who ran his own talent night in Blackpool for 25 years, has died at the age of 75.
Fri 13 May 2016
Morecambe's mementos on display
13/05/2016 … Some of Eric Morecambe's personal artefacts are to go on display for the first time tomorrow.
'You can't have a sitcom in space. There's no settee.'
13/05/2016 … • 'In comedy everybody feels like an outsider, that's why they've come into it.
James Acaster hits Germany
Exclusive clip as new raft of online shows announced
13/05/2016 … James Acaster is to launch a follow-up to his web series Sweet Home Ketteringa next week, as producers Turtle Canyon Comedy unveil a new slate of online shorts.
Michael Palin to star in Terry Gilliam's Don Quixote movie
...and he's in Armando Iannucci's new satire
13/05/2016 … Michael Palin is set to star as Don Quixote in a new film from Monty Python colleague Terry Gilliam.
The Muppets are stuffed
Broadcaster ABC axes the reboot
13/05/2016 … The reboot of The Muppets TV show has been axed after just one season.