Ruby Wax tells you How To Be Human
New book from comedian and mental health campaigner
04/10/2017 … Ruby Wax is writing another psychology book, entitled How to Be Human: The Manual.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 04 October 2017
© BBC Matt Lucas: Little Britain was cruel
'I wouldn't play a black character or joke about transvestites again'
04/10/2017 … Matt Lucas has admitted Little Britain was ‘cruel’ – and says he wouldn’t make that kind of comedy again.
Radio 4 goes back to Hull And Back
New series for Lucy Beaumont sitcom
04/10/2017 … Radio 4 has ordered a third series of Lucy Beaumont’s sitcom To Hull And Back.
Phil Nichol joins West End musical
Playing a drag queen in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
04/10/2017 … Stand-up Phil Nichol has joined the cast of West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – playing a middle-aged drag queen called Hugo.
Keith Lemon conquers America
...or at least tries, for a new ITV2 series
04/10/2017 … Keith Lemon is to try to crack America in a new mockumentary for ITV2.
Tue 03 October 2017
© Comedy Central Ready for a roasting?
Revealed: Comedy Central Roast Battle line-ups
03/10/2017 … Chortle can tonight reveal the line-ups for the new Roast Battles coming to Comedy Central UK.
© Hacked Off Steve Coogan wins phone hacking damges
And calls for more investigation into Mirror executives
03/10/2017 … Steve Coogan has won undisclosed damages thought to run into the hundreds of thousands of pounds for being the victim of phone hacking.
Idris Elba and Bill Bailey unite in new comedy
Based on Luther star's 1980s childhood
03/10/2017 … Bill Bailey and Idris Elba are to star in a new Sky1 comedy set in the 1980s.