Victoria Wood to get an authorised biography
...but fans will have to wait until 2020
11/04/2018 … Victoria Wood is to be the subject of a major new official biography.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 11 April 2018
© Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Bruce Willis gets roasted
Die Hard star in next Comedy Central special
11/04/2018 … Bruce Willis is to be the next target of a Comedy Central roast.
© CBS TJ Miller charged over 'fake bomb threat'
Comic claimed a passenger had explosives in her bag
11/04/2018 … Silicon Valley star TJ Miller has been charged for deliberately reporting a fake bomb threat on a train.
Tue 10 April 2018
Mock The Week is 'over the hill'
So says regular panellist Milton Jones
10/04/2018 … Mock The Week is a tired format that’s had its day – and that’s according to one of its most prolific contributors.
Vicar Of Dibley writer returns to the Fringe... after 43 years
Paul Mayhew-Archer to speak about his Parkinson's disease
10/04/2018 … Vicar Of Dibley writer Paul Mayhew-Archer is to make his first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe in 43 years.
Comics up for British Podcast Awards
10/04/2018 … Matt Forde, Elis James & John Robins, Stuart Goldsmith and Cariad Lloyd are among the nominees in this year’s British podcast awards.
Out of the picture
Frank Skinner quits Sky Arts painting shows
10/04/2018 … Frank Skinner is stepping down from the Sky Arts shows seeking the best portrait and landscape artists of the year.
Comics rally round their colleague after brain surgery
Fundraiser for Windsor in London this month
10/04/2018 … Comedians including Andy Parsons, Simon Evans and Robin Ince are to stage a fundraiser for a fellow stand-up who suffered a brain aneurysm.