Rob Schneider announces UK gigs
Five night tour for Deuce Bigalow star
19/01/2018 … American comedian Rob Schneider is coming to the UK this March for a five-date tour.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
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Third Go Faster Stripe comedy festival announced
Weekend of shows filmed for later release
18/01/2018 … Independent comedy DVD label Go Faster Stripe has announced its third annual comedy festival.
Dirty Sanchez tour go on tour
With tales of their sick pranks
18/01/2018 … Two of the stars of extreme MTV prank show Dirty Sanchez are going out on tour.
© Georges Biard/CC BY-SA 3.0 Andie MacDowell to join Cuckoo
Hollywood star to play Ivy in BBC sitcom
18/01/2018 … Andie MacDowell is to join BBC comedy Cuckoo, according to reports from the US.
© ITV Vic Reeves wins phone hacking settlement
Rupert Murdoch's papers pay up
18/01/2018 … Vic Reeves has received a last-minute settlement over phone hacking from Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
Amazon axes Tig Notaro's One Mississippi
Web giant 'moving away from niche comedy'
18/01/2018 … Tig Notaro’s acclaimed comedy show One Mississippi has been cancelled after two series.
© BBC BBC orders Martin Clunes sitcom
Playing a driving instructor called Warren
18/01/2018 … The BBC has commissioned Martin Clunes’s sitcom comeback, Warren, following a successful pilot.
© David A Ellis / Creative Commons 3.0/CC BY-SA 3.0 Ken Dodd in hospital with chest infection
18/01/2018 … Sir Ken Dodd is in hospital with a severe chest infection.