Sky sets air date for The History Of Comedy
Eight-part series kicks off with female comics
20/09/2017 … Sky Arts has announced a launch date for American TV series The History Of Comedy.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 20 September 2017
© BBC More details of Inside No 9 series 4 revealed
Outline synopsis of a couple of episodes
20/09/2017 … Details of two new episodes in the fourth series of Inside No 9 have been revealed.
Gervais adds three new Humanity dates
Leeds, Berlin and San Francisco
20/09/2017 … Ricky Gervais has added three new dates to his Humanity word tour.
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0 Jamie Lee Curtis to star in funeral parlour comedy
20/09/2017 … Jamie Lee Curtis is set to star in a new comedy set at a family-run funeral home.
Russia could ban Iannucci's Death Of Stalin
Satire 'discredits' murderous tyrant
20/09/2017 … Armando Iannucci’s new comedy movie The Death Of Stalin could be banned in Russia for ‘discrediting’ the former Soviet leader.
Henry IX reigns at the Rose d'Or
International award for royal sitcom
20/09/2017 … Henry IX, the Gold sitcom about a fictional King, has won the prestigious award for best sitcom at the Rose d’Or international TV festival.
Tue 19 September 2017
Dave Allen's life to become BBC film
With Games of Thrones star Aidan Gillen
19/09/2017 … The BBC is shooting a Dave Allen biopic starring Game of Thrones actor Aidan Gillen, Chortle can reveal.
French and Saunders plan a new TV special
First new sketches in a decade
19/09/2017 … French and Saunders are to record their first TV material as a double act in ten years.