All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
But he's done with sketches and internet shorts
13/01/2017 … Limmy is in talks to make a TV series based on his book Daft Wee Stories – but he won’t be returning to his sketch show, nor the internet shorts that made his…
© BBC Sitcom is No 2 in iPlayer chart
13/01/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was the second most popular show on iPlayer over the Christmas period.
Following row over Joseph Fiennes casting
13/01/2017 … Sky has dropped its controversial comedy episode in which Joseph Fiennes plays Michael Jackson.
© Channel 4 13/01/2017 … Richard Ayoade has been named as the new host of the Crystal Maze.
12/01/2017 … The Glasgow comedy festival has launched its 2017 programme, featuring more than 470 shows over its 18 days.
© CBS Supporting role in female-led heist reboot
12/01/2017 … James Corden is to appear in Ocean’s Eight.
© Rose d'Or ...and there was a dead parrot involved
12/01/2017 … John Cleese has adapted a 19th century farce for the stage… and it involves a dead parrot.
12/01/2017 … Timothy Spall plays a raft of comic greats, including Max Wall, George Formby, Tony Hancock and Max Miller, in an ambitious new film.
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