'Work dried up after Love Thy Neighbour'
Plight of the star of the un-PC sitcom
19/09/2016 … He was the star of one of the biggest sitcoms of the Seventies, seen by up to 17million viewers a week.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 19 September 2016
Trebles all round! Drunk History gets third series
Returning to Comedy Central in 2017
19/09/2016 … Comedy Central has commissioned a third series of Drunk History.
© HBO Double Emmy for John Oliver
19/09/2016 … John Oliver came away with two Emmy awards last night.
Sun 18 September 2016
Get a feeling for Ealing
18/09/2016 … The comedy week ahead…Sunday September 18TV: Richard E Grant celebrates Ealing comedies in a new series for Gold with the likes of Carrie Fisher, Sanjeev Bhaskar,…
Sat 17 September 2016
Is this the best US sitcom you've never heard of?
17/09/2016 … This week's best comedy shows on demand.
Netflix to make its first Indian stand-up special
17/09/2016 … Vir Das is to record the first Netflix stand-up special to be shot in India.
Fri 16 September 2016
Jon Richardson faces his fears
In new C4 show with wife Lucy Beaumont
16/09/2016 … Jon Richardson is to front a one-off Channel 4 documentary with his wife and fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont.
BBC announces when Still Game will return
16/09/2016 … THE BBC has set an air date for the return of Still Game.