Scottish Comedy Awards to hail circuit's founders
31/07/2017 … The founding figures of the modern Scottish stand-up scene are to receive the lifetime achievement at the Scottish Comedy Awards tomorrow night.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 31 July 2017
Sky buys I'm Dying Up Here
Drama set in the 1970s LA stand-up scene
31/07/2017 … Sky Atlantic has brought the rights to I’m Dying Up Here – the US drama set in the 1970s Los Angeles stand-up scene.
Who's amused the Moose?
Finalists in new comedy competition named
31/07/2017 … The finalists have been announced in this year’s Amused Moose national new comedy award.
BBC snaps up Ronnie Cheng
College comedy heading to BBC Three
31/07/2017 … BBC Three has snapped up the rights to air Australian comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student.
The Rebel gets a second series
31/07/2017 … Simon Callow is to make a second series of his sitcom The Rebel for UKTV Gold.
© Just For Laughs Craig Ferguson signs up for Still Game
First Scottish TV appearance in 25 years
31/07/2017 … Craig Ferguson is to return to Scottish TV for the first time in 25 years with an appearance on Still Game.
Sun 30 July 2017
Venue axes Chubby Brown for being 'crude'
'Jimmy Carr's worse than I am,' protests comic
30/07/2017 … Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown has been axed from performing at a major venue, for being ‘unpleasant, crude and offensive’.
Cumberbatch: I'd love to make more Cabin Pressure
...but writer John Finnemore is less keen
30/07/2017 … He may be a massive star these days, but Benedict Cumberbatch says he’d love to make more episodes of Radio 4 sitcom Cabin Pressure.