John Oliver backs new TV series from Wyatt Cenac
17/10/2017 … American comedian Wyatt Cenac is to star in a topical comic documentary series executive produced by John Oliver.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 17 October 2017
Lizzie Roper joins Grumpy Old Women
17/10/2017 … Comedian Lizzie Roper has joined the Grumpy Old Women team as they announce a new tour.
Comedy agent turns novelist
Hannah Begbie inspired by raising a son with cystic fibros
17/10/2017 … Former comedy agent Hannah Begbie has become a novelist, and has sold her first book to HarperFiction.
Trailer Park Boys star John Dunsworth dies
17/10/2017 … Trailer Park Boys star John Dunsworth has died at the age of 71 following a 'brief and unexpected illness’.
Mon 16 October 2017
© BBC/Colin Hutton The Upstart Crow flies again
16/10/2017 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Ben Elton’s Shakespeare comedy Upstart Crow.
How Sean Hughes envisaged his own funeral
16/10/2017 … Sean Hughes – whose death at the age of 51 has been confirmed today – once wrote a poem about how he would like to be laid to rest.
Sean Hughes dies at 51
Former Buzzcocks star had been ill for a while
16/10/2017 … Comedian Sean Hughes has died at the age of 51 Fellow comedian Carl Donnelly broke the news on Facebook, posting: ‘He’s been ill for a while but has…
A key moment for Micky Flanagan...
Comic recognised for 21 dates at The O2
16/10/2017 … Micky Flanagan has been presented with the keys to The O2, after reaching the milestone of 21 performances at the London arena.