Revealed: Details of Black Mirror Series 4
As Charlie Brooker says: Real events are outpacing satire
25/08/2017 … Charlie Brooker says writing satire has become difficult because real politics is so insane – and moves too quickly.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 25 August 2017
Russell Kane to host Manchester Arena reopening
Fundraiser for victims of bomb attack
25/08/2017 … Russell Kane is to host the Manchester Arena reopening concert.
A British Daily Show would be 'too expensive'
Comedy Central's US chief on the pitches he gets
25/08/2017 … A British version of the Daily Show would probably too expensive to be viable, the head of America’s Comedy Central has said.
Terry Alderton scoops Malcolm Hardee award
Alternative gongs handed out in Edinburgh
25/08/2017 … Terry Alderton has won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe.
© BBC / Guy Levy Stand up for the sitcom!
Ben Elton wants snobbish critics to be kinder
25/08/2017 … Ben Elton has launched a staunch defence of the studio sitcom – saying Mrs Brown’s Boys was a ‘quality comedy’ and comparing it to a ‘work…
Thu 24 August 2017
Maisie Adam wins So You Think You're Funny?
Sarah Mann and Morgan Rees runners-up
24/08/2017 … Maisie Adam has been crowned winner of this year's So You Think You're Funny? competition.
© BBC BBC Three picks up Man Like Mobeen
24/08/2017 … Guz Khan’s sitcom Man Like Mobeen has been picked up for a full series by BBC Three.
BBC hails the man behind Morecambe and Wise
New drama about writer Eddie Braben
24/08/2017 … The BBC is making a one-off drama about Morecambe and Wise’s writer, Eddie Braben.