'I'm insanely lucky to be alive'
Sarah Silveman hospitalised after 'freak' infection
07/07/2016 … Sarah Silverman says she's 'insanely lucky to be alive' after spending a week in intensive care.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 07 July 2016
Wed 06 July 2016
Filming starts on Chewing Gum series 2
06/07/2016 … FILMING has begun on the second series of Michaela Coel's much-acclaimed E4 comedy Chewing Gum.
Lee Mack becomes a kids' TV presenter
Duck Quacks Don't Echo goes to children's telly
06/07/2016 … Sky is creating a child-friendly version of Lee Mack’s comedy science panel show Duck Quacks Don’t Echo.
Watchdog raps Kayvan Novak ad
Bookies' commercial was misleading
06/07/2016 … An advert for bookmakers Paddy Power featuring Fonejacker star Kayvan Novak has been banned for being misleading.
Tue 05 July 2016
© BBC Goodnight Sweetheart to return
Time-travel sitcom back after 17 years
05/07/2016 … BBC One is to make another episode of Goodnight Sweetheart – 17 years after the last.
Major comedy festival cancelled
05/07/2016 … A major comedy festival featuring the likes of Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey and Stewart Francis has been pulled with less than two week’s notice.
Bill Bailey to become a cartoon cat
Voicing the new Winnie The Witch cartoon
05/07/2016 … Bill Bailey is to play the ‘loyal and lovable’ Wilbur the cat in the new cartoon adaptation of the Winnie The Witch books.
Olivia Lee shoots US pilot
05/07/2016 … Olivia Lee is to make her own US pilot with Ben Stiller’s production company.