Lee Mack pilots a new BBC comedy
About a couple who have split up
27/04/2018 … Lee Mack has created one of the UK's most successful family sitcoms – but now he's making a BBC pilot about a relationship breakdown.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 27 April 2018
NextUp comes to Apple TV
New app for stand-up subscription service
27/04/2018 … Comedy streaming service NextUp is now available to Apple TV’s 21million users.
Hallelujah! Chris Addison to direct a comedy about Handel's Messiah
With Ralph Fiennes playing the composer
27/04/2018 … Chris Addison is to direct a comedy movie about George Frederick Handel, with Ralph Fiennes playing the composer.
© Stuart Hogben Joel Dommett joins Latitude
With Nina Conti, Rachel Parris and others
27/04/2018 … Joel Dommett, Nina Conti and Rachel Parris have been added to this year’s Latitude line-up They join comedy headliners Harry Hill and Bridget…
Russell Brand's mum in car crash
Comic pulls his gig to be by her side
27/04/2018 … Russell Brand cancelled his tour date last night after his mum was involved in a car crash.
Dawn French to make her panto debut
Playing the Wicked Queen at the London Palladium
27/04/2018 … Dawn French is to make her pantomime debut as the Wicked Queen.
Thu 26 April 2018
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 Bill Cosby guilty
Comedian convicted of drugging and molesting woman
26/04/2018 … Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault 14 years ago.
99 Club reopens bursaries for female comedians
26/04/2018 … London's 99 Club is offering its second bursary to support female comedians.