Victory for Veep
...and Deborah Francis White in Writers' Guild awards
18/01/2016 … Veep has scooped the Writers’ Guild award for best TV comedy – with Deborah Francis-White taking the radio category.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 18 January 2016
Having a blast!
Catherine Tate stars in A-bomb musical
18/01/2016 … Catherine Tate is to star in a new comic musical, set in America’s atomic age.
Stars revealed for the first Netflix Black Mirror
18/01/2016 … The first stars have been named for the new episodes of Black Mirror to be made for Netflix.
© Comic Relief Jo Brand's 'Hell Of A Walk'
150-mile UK trek for Sports Relief
18/01/2016 … Jo Brand is to take part in a 150-mile coast-to-coast trek for Sport Relief.
Sun 17 January 2016
Some hack comedy you'll enjoy...
The best of the comedy week ahead
17/01/2016 … The best of the comedy week ahead… Sunday January 17 RADIO: The BBC’s Asian Network presents a stand-up show marking 50 years of Asian programming.
Sat 16 January 2016
Matt Groening plans new animated series
Simpsons creator 'in talks with Netflx'
16/01/2016 … <P>Simpsons creator Matt Groening is in talks with Netflix to create a new animated comedy.
Fri 15 January 2016
R4 recommissions Simon Evans Goes To Market
Four more episodes for the summer
15/01/2016 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of the comedy economics show Simon Evans Go To Market.
Adam Hills fingers crocodiles
15/01/2016 … • 'So I've got Parkinson's disease.