Spamalot to become a movie
Eric Idle's writing the script, to shoot next year
04/05/2018 … It’s a stage musical inspired by a movie.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 04 May 2018
Thu 03 May 2018
'Unknown' comic outsells Seinfeld – again
Second hometown arena gig for James Mullinger
03/05/2018 … British comic James Mullinger has again filled the 5,000-seat arena in the Canadian town where he now lives.
Record ratings for Taskmaster
Show attracts its biggest ever audience
03/05/2018 … Last night’s Taskmaster attracted the biggest audience in the show’s history.
End of The Road festival announces its 2018 comedy line-up
As does Bluedot at Jodrell Bank observatory
03/05/2018 … The End of The Road festival has revealed its comedy line-ups.
The fantastic four! Comedians shoot BBC Two pilots
Tim Key, Sara Pascoe, Nick Helm and Spencer Jones
03/05/2018 … Sara Pascoe, Tim Key, Spencer Jones and Nick Helm have created new pilots for the BBC, Chortle can reveal.
Wed 02 May 2018
Lads on tour!
02/05/2018 … Half a dozen comedians have revealed new tour dates over the past week.
Green light for Four Weddings remake
Hulu picks up series written by Mindy Kalling
02/05/2018 … Four Weddings And A Funeral is to be made into a TV series by American comic Mindy Kaling.
© Steve Ullathorne Edinburgh Comedy Awards 'have a racial bias'
Tez Ilyas says overwhelmingly white judges overlook ethnic acts
02/05/2018 … The Edinburgh Comedy Awards are biased against acts from ethnic minority backgrounds, comic Tez Ilyas has alleged.