When is Taskmaster coming back?
Dave announces series 5 launch date
15/08/2017 … Dave has changed the launch date of the new series of Taskmaster.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 15 August 2017
Miranda Hart misses Annie shows
Throat infection hits her West End debut
15/08/2017 … Miranda Hart has been forced to pull out of her West End musical role because of a throat infection.
Riordan DJ takes Chortle Student crown
15/08/2017 … Riordan Deehan Jackson won the 2017 Chortle Student Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe last night.
Mon 14 August 2017
© Stuart Hogben Psst! Dara O Briain's doing some low-key Edinburgh gigs
Work in progress for 2018 tour
14/08/2017 … Dara O Briain is to perform three work-in-progress shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedians to stage a musical – on ice
With Tony Law and the Weirdos collective
14/08/2017 … Tony Law and the alternative comedians of the Weirdos collective are to stage a new comedy musical – on ice.
'Doctor' writer Richard Gordon dies at 95
Novels spawned movies and sitcoms
14/08/2017 … The writer of the Doctor series of comic novels and films has died at the age of 95.
Look who's 'Back'
First picture of Mitchell and Webb in new C4 comedy
14/08/2017 … Here is the first look at David Mitchell and Robert Webb in the new Channel 4 series Back.
Sun 13 August 2017
Jack Gleadow amuses the Moose
Hull stand-up wins New Comic Award
13/08/2017 … Hull comedian Jack Gleadow has won the Amused Moose National New Comic Award in Edinburgh.