Comics announced for Fieldbounce Festival
20/02/2018 … The Fieldbounce Music Festival in Shropshire has announced the line-up for its comedy tent.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 February 2018
© BBC/So Television/Christopher Baines New novel for Graham Norton
The 'foreboding' A Keeper to be published in October
20/02/2018 … Graham Norton has written his second novel, a ‘twisted tale of family secrets’ entitled A Keeper.
Iain Stirling to make a second series of CelebAbility
20/02/2018 … Iain Stirling is to make a second series of ITV2 entertainment show CelebAbility.
The Office gets an Indian remake
20/02/2018 … India is to become the latest nation to make its home-grown version of The Office.
Lynn sticks with Alan Partridge
Felicity Montagu to return in new series
20/02/2018 … Alan Partridge will have the support of his trusty – if long-suffering – personal assistant Lynn in his BBC comeback.
Mon 19 February 2018
© Financial Times/CC BY-SA 2.0 Left-wing comics 'are not voices of ethical resistance'
...and can you be funny and be taken seriously?
19/02/2018 … The idea of left-wing comedians being a powerful voice of ethical resistance is largely a myth.
How Northern comedians get pigeonholed
And how it reinforces an 'us-and-them' society
19/02/2018 … The stereotype of a ‘Northern club comedian’ reinforces an ‘us-and-them’ society that serves to holds back working-class people.
© BBC Big ratings for Hold The Sunset
But John Cleese's sitcom return divides critics
19/02/2018 … John Cleese’s first sitcom since Fawlty Towers has been a ratings hit.