Wanted: An audience of guinea pigs
Comedy gig will be used to probe the science of laughter
23/01/2018 … Comedy fans are being invited to an experimental gig that will examine the science of laughter.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 January 2018
Bill Cosby returns to stand-up
Warm reception at first gig since scandal broke
23/01/2018 … Bill Cosby has performed his first stand-up gig since becoming embroiled in his sex abuse scandal.
Jon Richardson is the Ultimate Worrier
New series for the Dave channel
23/01/2018 … Jon Richardson is to make a new series for the Dave channel about his ‘many, many worries’.
All rise for Judge Romesh
Ranganathan to resolve disputes in new Dave show
23/01/2018 … Romesh Ranganathan is to turn judge in a comedy twist on courtroom programmes.
Mon 22 January 2018
Aisling Bea and Phil Wang head to Netflix
22/01/2018 … Aisling Bea and Phil Wang are to film specials for Netflix – lasting just 15 minutes.
UK comics star in What We Do In The Shadows remake
Flight Of The Conchords star Jemaine Clement writes TV series
22/01/2018 … Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou are to star in a TV remake of the comedy horror film What We Do In The Shadows.
Rhod Gilbert: My battle with crippling shyness
Comic confronts his condition in new BBC documentary
22/01/2018 … Rhod Gilbert has made a BBC documentary about his 'crippling' shyness.
Brush Strokes's barman dies
But Howard Lew Lewis's last days were not happy
22/01/2018 … Howard Lew Lewis, the actor who played barman Elmo in the sitcom Brush Strokes has died at the age of 76.