Chris Tucker announces UK dates
Rush Hour star returns after six years
24/07/2018 … Rush Hour star Chris Tucker has announced four UK stand-up dates for the autumn.
2018 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 24 July 2018
Murder On The Blackpool Express - the sequel
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson to star in Death On The Tyne
24/07/2018 … Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are to star in a follow-up to Murder On The Blackpool Express.
Mon 23 July 2018
NextUp seeks fans to invest in the business
Crowd equity campaign for stand-up video service
23/07/2018 … Stand-up on demand service NextUp is offering fans the chance to own a stake in the business.
Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement write a comedy play based on Bono
Based on the memoirs of the U2 star's schoolmate
23/07/2018 … Porridge and The Likely Lads writers Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement have penned a new comedy play, based on the memoirs of Bono’s schoolmate.
© HBO Robin Williams’s possessions go under the hammer
From Banksy street art to a Harry Potter robe
23/07/2018 … Items from Robin Williams’s private collection of items are to go under the hammer this autumn.
Tim Minchin to star in new Sky drama
...about transporting a piano across the Australian desert
23/07/2018 … Tim Minchin is to make a new ‘sharp-tongued and touching’ drama series for Sky.
Trevor Noah blasted over racist and sexist gag
Comic joked about 'no attractive Aboriginal women'
23/07/2018 … Trevor Noah has come under fire over a joke claiming people think that Aboriginal Australian women are ugly.
Sun 22 July 2018
3rd Rock's 'Mrs Dubcek' dies at 78
Elmarie Wendel also appeared in Seinfeld
22/07/2018 … Actress Elmarie Wendel, who played eccentric landlady Mrs Dubcek on 3rd Rock From The Sun, has died at the age of 78.