All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Outrage over 'disrespectful' coverage
26/05/2017 … Australian broadcaster ABC’s decision to use comedians to cover the Liverpool vs Sydney football match seems to have backfired badly.
© BBC Corporation announces a raft of new satires
26/05/2017 … Luisa Omielan has landed her first BBC series – a topical show called Politics For Bitches.
26/05/2017 … Here is the first image of Richard Ayoade on the set of The Crystal Maze.
Including Robert Lindsay and Doc Brown
26/05/2017 … The full cast has been announced for Jack Whitehall’s new action-comedy drama, Bounty Hunter.
25/05/2017 … Veep and Silicon Valley have both been renewed for an extra season The shows end their sixth and fourth seasons respectively on June 25 - but broadcaster HBO…
Tom Allen hosts new panel show pilot
25/05/2017 … Tom Allen is hosting the pilot of a pared-back panel show that focusses only on jokes.
So many comedians, so little time
25/05/2017 … Chortle can today unveil the line-up for this year’s London Fast Fringe – showcasing 28 Edinburgh-bound acts in bite-size chunks.
© Comedy Central He was nearly in Mike Birbiglia's Don't Think Twice
25/05/2017 … Jimmy Carr almost had a role in the American film Don’t Think Twice - but was cut before the movie was shot.
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