All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
People's Choice and wildcard semifinalists named
03/04/2018 … Cordelia Graham, a PGCE history student at the University of Sussex has won the People’s Choice place in the Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finals.
Comic back on the road after quadruple bypass
03/04/2018 … Jasper Carrott has got back on the road following his quadruple heart bypass last year.
...but Anne Widdecombe was a nightmare
03/04/2018 … Fewer women present Have I Got News For You than men because they are too modest to agree to the job.
Watch a trailer for You Magnificent Beast
02/04/2018 … Greg Davies’s stand-up special You Magnificent Beast is to be released on Netflix next Tuesday, April 10, the on-demand service has announced The show…
02/04/2018 … Alex Horne is piloting a new entertainment show for a ‘major broadcaster’.
New BBC comedy night, and the rest of the week's live highlights...
01/04/2018 … Sunday April 1CARDIFF: Get delightfully weird with Tony Law as he brings his latest blast of charming surrealism,Absurdity for the Common People, to the Glee tonight…
© BBC/House Of Tomorrow The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
01/04/2018 … The week’s comedy on TV and radio.
Friends reopen his account to share gags
01/04/2018 … Friends of the late Garry Shandling have reactivated his Twitter account to share his jokes and thoughts.
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