Fringe workers 'are being exploited'
Union tells of horror stories from flyerers and venue staff
09/08/2017 … Britain’s largest trade union has launched a campaign to improve the wages and conditions of staff working at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 09 August 2017
Tue 08 August 2017
David Letterman returns to TV
08/08/2017 … David Letterman is to make a return to TV - courtesy of Netflix.
Here's Harry.... at last
All episodes of Harry Worth's sitcom to be released on DVD
08/08/2017 … All the surviving episodes of Harry Worth’s Sixties comedy series Here’s Harry are to be released on DVD for the first time.
Cate loves Lucy
Blanchette tipped to star in comedian's biopic
08/08/2017 … Cate Blanchett is set to play Lucille Ball in a new biopic of the comedian’s life.
Paddy McGuinness to host tribute act show
08/08/2017 … Paddy McGuinness is to host a new BBC One show hailing tribute acts.
Mon 07 August 2017
New York comedy festival announces line-up
The Tenderloins, Bill Maher, Kevin Smith and more...
07/08/2017 … Bill Maher, Nick Offerman, Kevin Smith and Impractical Jokers stars The Tenderloins are among the comedians who will be playing this year’s New York…
© BBC Finn Cole joins Slaughterhouse Rulez
Peaky Blinders star joins Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
07/08/2017 … Peaky Blinders actor Finn Cole is to star in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new comedy-horror Slaughterhouse Rulez.
© BBC/Fremantle Productions No more Count Arthur Strong on TV
BBC drops sitcom after its third series
07/08/2017 … The BBC is pulling the plug on Count Arthur Strong’s TV show.