© BBC Inside No 9 is named comedy of the year
As comedy.co.uk awards also hail Derry Girls, Vic and Bob, Friday Night Dinner and more
04/02/2019 … Derry Girls, Inside No.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 04 February 2019
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Hannah Gadsby announces new stand-up show
04/02/2019 … Hannah Gadsby has announced a new stand-up show to premiere during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival next month.
Iain Stirling to launch BBC's new Scottish channel
...and Breaking The News returns to TV
04/02/2019 … Iain Stirling is to kick off the new BBC Scotland channel when it launches on February 24.
© BBC Sara Pascoe to star in new BBC travel show
...and she films a stand-up special for the broadcaster
04/02/2019 … Sara Pascoe is making a travel documentary and a stand-up special for the BBC, Chortle can reveal.
© Prop Store Want your own Margaret Thatcher puppet?
Spitting Image caricatures go under the hammer
04/02/2019 … Spitting Image puppets of Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Lawson and Tom Hanks are among 40 latex caricatures going under the hammer this month.
Kevin Smith to tour UK
With his Hollywood Babble-On! podcast with Ralph Garman
04/02/2019 … Filmmaker Kevin Smith and actor Ralph Garman are bringing their podcast to the UK and Ireland for five nights in May.
Sun 03 February 2019
© BBC Alan Carr pilots cinema panel show
There's Something About Movies being developed for Sky 1
03/02/2019 … Alan Carr is to piloting new panel show about cinema for Sky 1.
© Angst Productions/ITV ITV pilot puts stand-up in odd places
New show from the creators of Mock The Week
03/02/2019 … The creators of Mock The Week have created a new stand-up show for ITV.