Tommy Tiernan's chat show to return
In a new primetime Saturday night slot
19/04/2019 … Tommy Tiernan's Irish chat show is returning for a third series.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 19 April 2019
How the Pope made Stephen K Amos cry
Emotional end to his Pilgrimage as Pontiff condemns homophobia
19/04/2019 … Stephen K Amos might be more used to comedy club banter that challenging the religious hierarchy.
Thu 18 April 2019
© David Shankbone/CC BY-SA 3.0 Netflix orders a new Mike Myers series
Austin Powers star to play 'multiple characters'
18/04/2019 … Austin Powers star Mike Myers is to make a new comedy series for Netflix in which he plays a series of characters.
CBBC comedy star Mya-Lecia Naylor dies at 16
18/04/2019 … Mya-Lecia Naylor, who starred in the CBBC comedies Almost Never and Millie Inbetween, has died suddenly at the age of 16.
Wed 17 April 2019
Kelsey Grammer pictured with a Frasier script
Strongest hint yet that the sitcom is coming back
17/04/2019 … Kelsey Grammer has been photographed clutching a what appears to be script for a new episode of Frasier.
Nick Mohammed pilots crime thriller comedy
He is the Law Man in Channel 4 project
17/04/2019 … Nick Mohammed is piloting a dark, crime thriller comedy for Channel 4, Chortle can reveal.
Jennifer Saunders joins Thunderbirds Are Go
Ab Fab creator lends her voice to animated series
17/04/2019 … Jennifer Saunders joined the cast of the Thunderbirds Are Go reboot.
BBC launches its new comedy award for 2019
17/04/2019 … The BBC has launched its annual hunt for new comedy talent.