Mel and Sue quit Bake Off
Row over show's move to Channel 4
13/09/2016 … Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are quitting as hosts of The Great British Bake Off.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 13 September 2016
Russell Howard curates a festival
In aid of breast cancer charity
13/09/2016 … Russell Howard is curating a comedy festival line-up in aid of a breast cancer charity.
From Downton Abbey to Buckingham Palace
Cast announced for new royal sitcom
13/09/2016 … Downton Abbey actor Charles Edwards is to star in a new comedy about a fictional king of the UK – with Sally Phillips as his queen.
© Manuel Harlan Groundhog Day heads to New York
Broadway transfer for Tim Minchin musical
13/09/2016 … Tim Minchin’s Groundhog Day musical is heading to New York.
Mon 12 September 2016
Kunt kwits
'Puerile' musical comic calls it a day
12/09/2016 … Kunt And The Gang, the cult musical comedian known for his crude songs, is to call it a day.
Trigger Happy returns as online shorts
12/09/2016 … TRIGGER HAPPY will return as a series of eight five- and six- minute shorts, which will be available online via All4 from September 26, the broadcaster has announced.
Still Open All Hours gets a third series
But without Nurse Gladys Emmanuel
12/09/2016 … BBC One has commissioned a third series of Still Open All Hours – but without Lynda Baron as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel.
Judi Dench boosts Victoria Wood statue appeal
12/09/2016 … Dame Judi Dench has donated £1,000 towards the campaign to erect a statue of Victoria Wood in Bury.