E4 acquires The Good Place
Acclaimed US comedy comes to the UK next month
20/11/2018 … Channel 4 has brought the rights to hit American comedy The Good Place.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 November 2018
Sindhu takes a hike
...for a new BBC One programme
20/11/2018 … Sindhu Vee is to host a BBC One programme about river walks.
No more Nualas
Irish comedy trio call it a day
20/11/2018 … Irish musical comedy trio The Nualas are calling it quits.
BBC radio signs comics Aurie Styla and Judi Love
Shows will highlight culture in the capital
20/11/2018 … Comics Aurie Styla and Judi Love have landed their own shows on BBC Radio London.
London's Banana Cabaret returns
...and other comedy news in brief
20/11/2018 … One of London’s oldest comedy nights, Banana Cabaret, is returning to its home of 35 years, The Bedford pub in Balham, from next month.
Mon 19 November 2018
Dinner For One is served
Odd story of the British comedy classic which has never been screened in Britain. Until now
19/11/2018 … A British comedy short that has become a perennial part of Germany’s new year celebrations is to be screened in the UK for the first time.
'I don't understand how it could be interpreted as transphobic'
Comic's response after venue bans his show over social media outrage
19/11/2018 … Scottish stand-up Leo Kearse has defended himself against accusations of transphobia, after social media protests forced an Australian venue to cancel his show.
Cowards!
Michelle Wolf's reaction as White House dinner spurns comedians
19/11/2018 … A comedian will not address next year’s White House Correspondents Association dinner for the first time in 15 years.