Up Pompeii remake is buried
...as BBC couldn't get Miranda to take Frankie Howerd role
23/08/2016 … The BBC has dropped a planned remake of Up Pompeii after failing to secure Miranda Hart to take the lead role, it has been reported.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 August 2016
Vic Reeves goes gaga for Dada
Comic makes art documentary for BBC Four
23/08/2016 … Vic Reeves is to explore the absurd world of Dada art in a new BBC Four documentary.
© Twitter/Eric Idle Eric Idle and Brian Cox to explain the universe
With Noel Fielding and Robin Ince
23/08/2016 … Eric Idle is bringing back Rutland Weekend Television for a Christmas one-off covering the entire history of the universe in an hour, with the help of Professor…
© ITV David Walliams revives Blankety Blank
23/08/2016 … David Walliams is to host a revival of Blankety Blank.
And the joke of the 2016 Fringe is...
23/08/2016 … Comedian Masai Graham has won this year’s Joke of the Fringe award with: ‘My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card.
Mon 22 August 2016
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys voted sitcom of the century
22/08/2016 … Mrs Brown’s Boys is the greatest British sitcom of the 21st Century, according to viewers.
Arthur Smith's socks are up for an award
22/08/2016 … An exhibition of Arthur Smith’s socks has been nominated for all three categories in the Malcolm Hardee awards at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC/Two Brothers Pictures Fleabag creator signs with Hollywood agent
22/08/2016 … FLEABAG star and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been snapped up by major US agent UTA after what trade website Deadline called a 'very competitive pursuit'.