People Just Do Nothing producer joins C4
Jon Petrie becomes a commissioning editor
14/11/2018 … People Just Do Nothing producer Jon Petrie is to become a Channel 4 commissioning editor.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 14 November 2018
'Earplugs at the ready!'
Harry Hill spearheads a musical fundraiser featuring comedy's biggest names
14/11/2018 … It’s surely the starriest comedy bill of the year, featuring the likes of John Bishop, Jo Brand, Rob Brydon, Alan Carr, Jimmy Carr, Matt Lucas, Paul Whitehouse…
© University of Cambridge Spitting Image archive finds a home at Cambridge University
Thatcher's puppet now on display
14/11/2018 … Margaret Thatcher’s Spitting Image puppet now sits alongside the works of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and other treasures at Cambridge University Library.
The Inbetweeners are to reunite
For a ten-year anniversary celebration
14/11/2018 … The stars of The Inbetweeners are to reunite for a 10th anniversary show.
Tue 13 November 2018
Sarah Silverman gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
...and she makes a dark jokes about it
13/11/2018 … Sarah Silverman has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Second series for Sally Phillips mockumentary
BBC Wales falls back into the Tourist Trap
13/11/2018 … BBC Wales has commissioned a second series of its mockumentary Tourist Trap, starring Sally Phillips as the hapless boss of a fictional Welsh tourist board.
© Idil Sukan Radio 4 announces a huge batch of comedy shows
Dozens of shows for 2019 and 2020
13/11/2018 … Radio 4 has announced a raft of new comedy commissions, with programmes from the likes of Bridget Christie, Joe Lycett, Tom Allen, Harry Hill, Rowan Atkinson and…
© BBC Sian Gibson: 'Peter Kay and I have something new in the pipeline'
Car Share star teases new show
13/11/2018 … Sian Gibson is working on a new comedy show with her Car Share co-star Peter Kay.