Joe Lycett 'has Sewing Bee stitched up'
Comic tipped as next host of BBC craft competition
17/04/2018 … Joe Lycett is being lined up as the new presenter of The Great British Sewing Bee.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 17 April 2018
Al Murray wins panto prize
Oh yes he does... for role in Jack & The Beanstalk
17/04/2018 … Al Murray, Roy Hudd, Elaine C Smith and The Chuckle Brothers have all gone away winners at the Great British Pantomime Awards.
The Wrong Mans gets a US remake
With Parks & Rec star Ben Schwartz
17/04/2018 … James Corden’s comedy thriller The Wrong Mans is to get a US remake.
ABC renews Tonightly with Tom Ballard
...despite controversy and sluggish ratings
17/04/2018 … Australia’s ABC network has renewed comedian Tom Ballard’s topical show Tonightly.
Mon 16 April 2018
James Acaster to headline How The Light Gets In
Festival's comedy bill revealed
16/04/2018 … The How The Light Gets In Festival has announced its comedy line-up.
On The Buses writer dies at 98
Ronald Chesney was also a world-class harmonica player
16/04/2018 … Legendary sitcom writer Ronald Chesney has died at the age 98.
Comedy writer Neil Shand dies at 84
Credits range from Spike Milligan to the Two Ronnies
16/04/2018 … Comedy writer Neil Shand, who supplied gags for the likes of Kenny Everett, Spike Milligan, Bob Monkhouse and Mike Yarwood, has died at the age of 84.
Comedy Central commissions social media shorts
Online content from Aaron Robertson and Gavin Dunn
16/04/2018 … Comedy Central has commissioned a series of shorts about how people manufacture a social media version of themselves.