Russell Brand pulls all his tour dates
Comic at his mother's bedside as she recovers from car crash
30/04/2018 … Russell Brand has pulled the rest of his tour to be withr his 71-year-old mother Barbara, after she was hurt in a serious car accident.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 30 April 2018
'Definitive' Charlie Chaplin biopic in the works
Family opens up archive to filmmakers
30/04/2018 … Previously unscreened Charlie Chaplin outtakes are to be included in a ‘definitive’ new movie biography of the comedy icon.
© BBC/Tiger Aspect Productions/Matt Squires BBC picks up bigamy comedy
The Other One goes to series after successful pilot
30/04/2018 … BBC Two has commissioned Holly Walsh's unconventional family sitcom The Other One for a series, Chortle can reveal.
Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona reunited
Their first new show together in 14 years
30/04/2018 … Alistair McGowan is to be reunited with Ronni Ancona for the first time since their The Big Impression show ended on BBC One 14 years ago.
Sun 29 April 2018
Brighton your day
The best of the week's live comedy
29/04/2018 … The best of the week's live comedy.
© Idil Sukan Adam Kay tops Sunday Times bestseller list – again
Success for paperback version of comic's NHS memoirs
29/04/2018 … The NHS memoirs of medic-turned-comedian Adam Kay have topped the Sunday Times bestseller charts on their first week of release.
Radio show for Lost Voice Guy
Lee Ridley's sitcom and the rest of the week's comedy on TV and radio
29/04/2018 … The week's comedy on TV and radio.
Victory! Scottish culture awards finally recognise comedy
Success for promoter's campaign
29/04/2018 … Awards celebrating the best in Scottish arts have added a comedy category following pressure from the industry.