Pun champ leads Midlands Comedy Award nominations
02/11/2016 … Black Country punsmith Masai Graham leads the shortlists for this year’s Midlands Comedy Awards, with four nominees.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 02 November 2016
Tue 01 November 2016
© UKTV Gold Revealed: Who's in Taskmaster series 4
...and there's more than one woman!
01/11/2016 … The comedians taking on ridiculous challenges in the next series of Taskmaster have been revealed.
Paul Merton to host Film 2016
Doc Brown presents an episode too
01/11/2016 … Paul Merton and Doc Brown are to present the BBC’s flagship movie programme Film 2016.
Filming starts on Ghost Stories
With Martin Freeman and Paul Whitehouse
01/11/2016 … Paul Whitehouse and Martin Freeman are to star in a movie version of West End hit Ghost Stories.
Dave Johns up for two acting awards
I, Daniel Blake leads BIFA shortlists
01/11/2016 … Dave Johns has been nominated for two British Independent Film awards for his role in I, Daniel Blake.
Mon 31 October 2016
'Drunk' Ricky Gervais collects Bafta award
Watch his speech in Los Angeles
31/10/2016 … Ricky Gervais feigned being drunk as he picked up a Bafta award in Los Angeles this weekend.
Christmas special for Inside No 9
31/10/2016 … INSIDE No 9 is to get a Christmas special.
Daniel Kitson misses his own radio show
Captain Bang Bang locked out of his Magic Castle
31/10/2016 … Daniel Kitson missed his own radio show last night - because he couldn't get into the studio.