© Bafta Ricky Gervais signs on to Netflix animation
Adaptation of The Willoughbys book
06/11/2018 … Ricky Gervais is to lend his voice to a new animated movie for Netflix.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 06 November 2018
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© BBC/Comedy Unit Burnistoun to make a comeback
Scottish sketch show shooting a new special
06/11/2018 … Burnistoun is returning to TV for a one-off special.
Sara Pascoe pilots TV lecture show
Featuring a panel of guest comedians
06/11/2018 … Sara Pascoe is piloting a new TV show entitled Comedians Giving Lectures.
Adam Riches announces first UK tour
'Restraining orders at the ready'
06/11/2018 … Edinburgh favourite Adam Riches is to embark on his first ever UK tour.
Mon 05 November 2018
Is this the funniest joke in Ireland?
05/11/2018 … Stand-up and firefighter Paul Marsh has won a competition to find Ireland’s funniest joke.
Found in Sierra Leone... the lost Morecambe and Wise
Screening for episode lost for 50 years
05/11/2018 … Two missing episodes of Morecambe and Wise’s TV shows have been recovered from a derelict cinema in Sierra Leone after being lost for 50 years.
Comedy Central to air Bobby And Harriet Get Married
'Reality sitcom' to find a larger audience
05/11/2018 … The ‘reality sitcom’ made around the marriage of comedians Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley is to air on Comedy Central.
Stephen Bailey joins Coronation Street
'Dream role' for comedian in next week's episodes
05/11/2018 … Comedian Stephen Bailey is to make a guest appearance on Coronation Street.