New film-based panel show for Radio 4
Lee Mack and John Thomson as team captains
17/11/2016 … Lee Mack and John Thomson are to be team captains in a new BBC quiz show.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 17 November 2016
New DVD for Richard Herring
17/11/2016 … RICHARD HERRING’s Happy Now? stand-up DVD has been released on independent label Go Faster Stripe today.
Miriam Margolyes in new BBC comedy
Playing an eccentric mum in Bucket
17/11/2016 … Miriam Margolyes is to star in a new four-part comedy series for BBC Four.
Wed 16 November 2016
David Baddiel hosts Penguin book podcast
Johnny Marr is his first guest
16/11/2016 … David Baddiel has joined the official Penguin books podcast as a host.
Danny Baker IS joining I'm A Celeb...
Despite his earlier protestations
16/11/2016 … Danny Baker is set to enter the I'm A Celebrity jungle – despite his earlier protestations.
Jonathan Pie to play the London Palladium
Spoof news reporter's star on the rise
16/11/2016 … Fake news reporter Jonathan Pie is to play the London Palladium.
New York, and old York, hail Victoria Wood
16/11/2016 … Tributes are being paid to Victoria Wood in both York and New York next month.
BBC to air 12 C-bombs in 70 seconds
Thanks to Peter Cook and Dudley Moore
16/11/2016 … The BBC is to court controversy by airing a comedy sketch that drops the C-bomb 12 times in 70 seconds.