Roy Chubby Brown mourns his son
'A lost soul who has finally found peace'
05/04/2019 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown is in mourning after his son died at the age of 45.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 05 April 2019
Thu 04 April 2019
© Steve Ullathorne Paul Merton to share his favourite funny stories
In a new anthology book out this autumn
04/04/2019 … Paul Merton has selected 100 of his favourite funny short stories for a new anthology to be published later this year.
© BBC 'Ban Frankie Boyle for his sick IRA joke'
...says terror survivor Lord Tebbit
04/04/2019 … Norman Tebbit has called on Frankie Boyle to be banned from the BBC for joking that he wished the IRA would murder leading Tories.
More festivals reveal their comedy line-ups
04/04/2019 … The Green Man and the Lost Village Festivals have announced their comedy line-line-ups The Last Laugh bill at Green Man – which takes place in the…
Who's on the Reserve list?
Pleasance announces its showcase line-up
04/04/2019 … The Pleasance has announced the line up for its annual Comedy Reserve showcase at the Fringe.
No Such Thing As A Fish wins a shit prize
A glass of alpaca droppings – plus €20,000 – for podcast team
04/04/2019 … The No Such Thing As A Fish podcast has scooped a major prize for promoting science – a glass of fresh alpaca shit.
© Netflix Netflix confirms second series of After Life
Reaction has been 'insane and heartwarming' says Ricky Gervais
04/04/2019 … Netflix has confirmed that Ricky Gervais’s After Life will return for a second season.
Wed 03 April 2019
Hollywood break for Famalam's Samson Kayo
...in a movie described as 'Game Of Thrones with mice'
03/04/2019 … Famalam and Timewasters star Samson Kayo has landed his first role in a Hollywood movie.