Hugh Laurie joins Armando Iannucci’s sci-fi comedy
Playing the captain of Avenue 5
23/08/2018 … Hugh Laurie is to star in Armando Iannucci’s new sci-fi comedy pilot, Avenue 5.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 23 August 2018
Sharon Horgan develops a new comedy for Amazon
Streaming giant orders a script for a show she would star in
23/08/2018 … Sharon Horgan is set to write and star in a new comedy for Amazon.
Wed 22 August 2018
Big Bang Theory implodes
US comedy to end after 12 seasons
22/08/2018 … The Big Bang Theory is to end in May, at the end of its 12th series, makers have announced.
Revealed: The 2018 Edinburgh comedy award nominees
And women dominate best newcomer list
22/08/2018 … The nominees have been announced for this yearsEdinburgh Comedy Awards And, notably, six of the seven comedians shortlisted for best newcomer are women.
From Benidorm to Scarborough
BBC confirms writer Derren Litten's next comedy
22/08/2018 … The BBC has confirmed the new series from Benidorm creator Derren Litten, called Scarborough.
Rubberbandit Blindboy gets his own BBC Three show
22/08/2018 … Rubberbandits character Blindboy BoatClub has landed his own satirical undercover programme for BBC Three.
© Bafta BBC pilots a new sitcom from Murder In Successville's Tom Davis
Co-starring Simon Day, Romesh Ranganathan and Detectorists’ Laura Checkley
22/08/2018 … The team behind Murder In Successville are to pilot a new sitcom about a married couple to air as BBC One’s Comedy Playhouse, Described as a ‘larger-than-life…
Al Murray to ask: Why does everyone hate the English?
Comics explore the question for the History Channel
22/08/2018 … Al Murray is making a history programme entitled Why Does Everyone Hate The English? The five-part show for the History Chanel will explore England’s…