© Steve Ullathorne Sue Perkins to host the Baftas
30/03/2017 … SUE PERKINS is to host this year's Bafta TV Awards, replacing Graham Norton, who has done the job for the past nine years.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 30 March 2017
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Russell Brand returns to live radio
30/03/2017 … Russell Brand is to return to live radio this Sunday with a new show on Radio X.
Wed 29 March 2017
Matt Lucas's memoirs out this autumn
29/03/2017 … MATT LUCAS's memoirs, Little Me, are to be published on October 3, it has been announced.
The B'Stard is back!
The New Statesman revisited, three years after Rik Mayall's death
29/03/2017 … A spin-off from classic political sitcom The New Statesman could be on the cards – three years after the death of its star Rik Mayall.
Chris Addison to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reboot
With Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson
29/03/2017 … Chris Addison is to direct the female-led remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
Alexander Armstrong to host ITV game show
'It'll be like 10 referendums a night'.
29/03/2017 … Alexander Armstrong is to front a new game show for ITV.
Tue 28 March 2017
Latitude comedy line-up announced
Amstell, O Briain and Ryan headline
28/03/2017 … Simon Amstell, Dara O Briain and Katherine Ryan have been announced as the comedy headliners for this year's Latitude Festival.
David Baddiel becomes an Alzheimer's ambassdor
His dad suffers a form of the disease
28/03/2017 … David Baddiel has become an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.