Mel Giedroyc pilots new panel show
Generation gap challenge devised by Jenny Eclair
12/05/2017 … Former Bake Off presenter Mel Giedroyc is to host a run-through of a new panel show devised by Jenny Eclair.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 12 May 2017
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Lost Voice Guy launches BBC Three series
Lee Ridley seeks a new accent in Voice Of The People
12/05/2017 … BBC Three has launched a new series featuring ‘Lost Voice Guy’ comic Lee Ridley.
© BBC Revealed: The one line the BBC censored from The Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci spills the beans
12/05/2017 … The BBC allowed all manner of creative swearing and graphic insults to air during The Thick Of It.
Thu 11 May 2017
The best of the old
Old Comedian of the Year finalists announced
11/05/2017 … The finalists have been announced for this year's Old Comedian of the Year final.
Robin Ince and Brian Cox pen Infinite Monkey Cage book
'An irreverent celebration of scientific marvels'
11/05/2017 … Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox are writing an Infinite Monkey Cage book.
Simon Amstell writes his first book
Help deconstructs his stand-up... and his life
11/05/2017 … Simon Amstell has written his first book.
Cast announced for BBC Four's Queers
Comedy names among the line-up
11/05/2017 … Rebecca Front, Russell Tovey and Gemma Wheelan are to appear in the BBC’s new series of monologues about homosexuality.
Benidorm under fire over cleft palate insult
Viewers complain over 'grossly offensive' line
11/05/2017 … Benidorm has come under fire over an insult directed at a character with a cleft palate.