Comics out of pocket as festival promoter goes under
Questions remain as performers owed thousands
01/05/2018 … British comedians have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket following the collapse of an Australian comedy promotion company.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 01 May 2018
BBC Two buys US hit Atlanta
Donald Glover's comedy heading to terrestrial TV
01/05/2018 … BBC Two has bought the rights to Donald Glover’s acclaimed comedy-drama Atlanta – two years after it aired in the States.
Frankie goes to Russia
Boyle fronts travel documentary ahead of the World Cup
01/05/2018 … Frankie Boyle is to front a new travel documentary show about Russia ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
Mon 30 April 2018
Romesh Ranganathan's US series to launch in June
Showtime's Just Another Immigrant charts his move to LA
30/04/2018 … The series charting Romesh Ranganathan’s attempts to crack America is to air on the US cable channel Showtime in June.
End of the line for People Just Do Nothing
Pirate radio comedy to stop after next series
30/04/2018 … People Just Do Nothing is to come to an end, the BBC has revealed.
Dark new comedy from Detectorist star Toby Jones
Playing a Bognor Regis coach driver
30/04/2018 … Detectorists star Toby Jones is to star as a Bognor Regis coach driver in a new dark comedy he has created for BBC Two.
Katherine Parkinson to star in new legal comedy
Defending The Guilty based on real barrister's book
30/04/2018 … Katherine Parkinson is to play a cynical lawyer in a new BBC Two comedy.
Alt-right spread vile libel about Michelle Wolf
...no she does NOT have a conviction for bestiality
30/04/2018 … American right-wingers have been spreading vile lies that Michelle Wolf has a conviction for bestiality.