A rich seam of comedy?
C4's new show about instant tech millionaires
14/01/2016 … Fresh Meat and Peep Show writer Jon Brown is penning a new series about four life-long friends who become multi-millionaires overnight.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 14 January 2016
Permission to laugh?
How comics get audiences to accept contentious gags
14/01/2016 … Any audience can be ‘manipulated’ into laughing at jokes about contentious topics, a conference about comedy has been told.
Friends 'reunion' on the cards
14/01/2016 … THE cast of Friends are to reunite for a one-off American TV special honouring legendary sitcom director James Burrows.
E4 orders Tom Basden comedy
Foreign Bodies based on backpacking
14/01/2016 … Tom Basden is writing a new backpacking comedy-drama for E4.
Johnny Vegas to appear in Top Gear rival
14/01/2016 … Johnny Vegas is to appear in a new ITV motoring show to rival the BBC's relaunched Top Gear.
Wed 13 January 2016
Bob Mortimer reveals his secret wedding
Ceremony half an hour before heart op
13/01/2016 … Bob Mortimer secretly married his long-term partner just half an hour before undergoing triple bypass surgery.
The Smartest Man in Glasgow
13/01/2016 … Greg Proops is coming to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival to record an episode of his Smartest Man In The World podcast.
Comedian arrested for mocking guru
Devotees say their ‘religious sentiments’ were hurt
13/01/2016 … An Indian comedian has been arrested after mocking a spiritual guru on TV.