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BBC confirms series 4 for August
21/07/2018 … The fourth series of Cuckoo is to land next month - two and a half years as it was announced.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 21 July 2018
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Caroline Aherne's sister act
21/07/2018 … The week's best comedy on demand.
Stewart Lee is named the best comedian working today
Stand-up tops list from The Times
21/07/2018 … He might have once been proclaimed the 41st best stand-up ever – a fact he used as the title of one of his shows – but Stewart Lee has now been…
Fri 20 July 2018
© UKTV Virgin Media customers to lose Dave and Gold
All UKTV channels set to disappear on Sunday
20/07/2018 … Millions of Virgin Media customers are set to lose comedy channels Dave and Gold this weekend.
Netflix poaches top British comedy exec
Ben Cavey to leave Tiger Aspect
20/07/2018 … The managing director of leading production company Tiger Aspect, Ben Cavey, is to join Netflix’s comedy team.
David Walliams guest edits The Beano
20/07/2018 … David Walliams is to guest edit a special issue of Beano to mark the comic's 80th birthday.
Thu 19 July 2018
New comedy label reveals its TV projects
...including shows based on Welcome To Scarfolk and The Dark Room
19/07/2018 … Two leading TV executives have set up a new comedy production label, with a slate of new shows already in development.
Russell Brand joins movie adaptation of Four Children And It
19/07/2018 … Russell Brand is to star in a movie adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's bestselling children’s book Four Children And It.