Jennifer Saunders joins David O'Doherty's sitcom pilot
As does White Gold star Joe Thomas
08/06/2017 … Jennifer Saunders and Joe Thomas have joined the cast of David O'Doherty's Antarctic-set comedy Stuck.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 08 June 2017
Discovering Britain’s Great Gay Buildings
Comic Liz Carr in new C4 series
08/06/2017 … Stephen Fry and Liz Carr are among the celebrities investigating ‘Britain’s Great Gay Buildings’ in a new Channel 4 series.
BBC pays tribute to Peter Kay again
Second series of his Comedy Shuffle
08/06/2017 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Peter Kay’s compilation show, Comedy Shuffle.
Russell Kane joins Edinburgh TV festival
08/06/2017 … Russell Kane and political aide-comedian Ayesha Hazarika have joined the line-up of the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Dave Johns joins soccer movie
Biopic of goalkeeper Bert Trautmann
08/06/2017 … Dave Johns has signed up for another film – this one a biopic of legendary German goalkeeper Bert Trautmann.
ITV orders more Little Big Shots
08/06/2017 … ITV have commissioned a second series of Dawn French-fronted talent show Little Big Shots.
Radio 4 to serialise Eddie Izzard memoirs
08/06/2017 … Eddie Izzard's memoirs, Believe Me, are to be serialised on Radio 4.
Kaftaesque comedians
Comedy stars in new version of Metamorphosis
08/06/2017 … Comics including Tom Basden, Tim Key and Emma Sidi are to star in a new version of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis.