BBC One orders pop-up quiz show
Comedy entertainment format for Saturday night
01/08/2017 … BBC One is to launch a new comedy quiz show for Saturday night TV.
2017 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 01 August 2017
Crowdfund a comic
Leicester fest seeks backers for development scheme
01/08/2017 … The Leicester Comedy Festival is calling on its supporters to help bring more new comedians to the event.
The king of new York...shire comedians
01/08/2017 … Former magician Jack Gleadow has won the New Comedian Of the Year title at the Great Yorkshire Fringe.
Mon 31 July 2017
Scottish Comedy Awards to hail circuit's founders
31/07/2017 … The founding figures of the modern Scottish stand-up scene are to receive the lifetime achievement at the Scottish Comedy Awards tomorrow night.
Sky buys I'm Dying Up Here
Drama set in the 1970s LA stand-up scene
31/07/2017 … Sky Atlantic has brought the rights to I’m Dying Up Here – the US drama set in the 1970s Los Angeles stand-up scene.
Who's amused the Moose?
Finalists in new comedy competition named
31/07/2017 … The finalists have been announced in this year’s Amused Moose national new comedy award.
BBC snaps up Ronnie Cheng
College comedy heading to BBC Three
31/07/2017 … BBC Three has snapped up the rights to air Australian comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student.
The Rebel gets a second series
31/07/2017 … Simon Callow is to make a second series of his sitcom The Rebel for UKTV Gold.