Jennifer Saunders returns to the West End
In Oscar Wilde’s comedy Lady Windermere's Fan
07/09/2017 … Jennifer Saunders is to star in a new West End production of Oscar Wilde’s comedy Lady Windermere's Fan.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 07 September 2017
Veep's term comes to an end
Political comedy's next season will be its last
07/09/2017 … Veep is to come to an end next year.
© Idil Sukan Comedian's NHS diaries optioned for TV
12-way auction for Adam Kay's This Is Going To Hurt:
07/09/2017 … Adam Kay’s memoirs of his time in the NHS have been optioned for TV.
Wed 06 September 2017
Wanted: Funny Jewish comics
06/09/2017 … Entries have opened for this year’s Jewish Comedian of the Year Award 2017.
Mrs Brown creator pilots new game show
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know for BBC One
06/09/2017 … Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll is piloting a new game show for BBC One.
New award for online comedy
From The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
06/09/2017 … The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has launched a new category for online comedy in its prestigious annual awards.
© Channel 4 Julia Davis to appear in Electric Dreams
New C4 anthology based on Philip K Dick stories
06/09/2017 … Julia Davis is to appear in Channel 4’s new sci-fi anthology series Electric Dreams.
ITV comedy entertainment boss stands down
Peter Davey seeks 'new opportunities'
06/09/2017 … ITV’s head of comedy entertainment Peter Davey is to leave the broadcaster.