© BBC/Rumpus Media/Benjamin Green Romesh Ranganathan up for a Bafta
30/03/2016 … Romesh Ranganathan has been nominated for a Bafta.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 30 March 2016
© BBC/Rumpus Media/Benjamin Green Tue 29 March 2016
Student award: The final vote
Which of these 12 will make it through?
29/03/2016 … Here's your chance to choose two young comedians to go through to the semi-finals of Chortle's Student Comedy Award.
C4 loses Black Mirror to Netflix
29/03/2016 … The next series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror will premiere on Netflix in the UK, after Channel 4 lost the rights.
Simon Day to play Alf Garnett
Casting announced for BBC sitcom reboots
29/03/2016 … Casting has been announced for BBC's sitcom reboots, with Simon Day playing Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part.
Mon 28 March 2016
Kevin Bishop to star in Porridge remake
Comic actor breaks the news on Instagram
28/03/2016 … Kevin Bishop is to star in the remake of Porridge.
Podcast hits legal trouble over the letter 'S'
Comedy duo threatened by Serial producers
28/03/2016 … Two comedy writers have been threatened with legal action from the producers of hit podcast Serial – in a dispute over the trademark on the letter 'S'.
Sun 27 March 2016
Silenced by a bad review
The best of the comedy week ahead
27/03/2016 … The best of the comedy week ahead.
Sat 26 March 2016
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