© BBC Dame Edna makes a TV comeback
BBC One orders a one-off special set on her 'luxury yacht'
15/05/2019 … BBC One has ordered a one-off Dame Edna Everage special that will take place aboard her ‘luxury yacht’.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 15 May 2019
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© Caroline Bonarde Ucci/CC BY-SA 3.0 Judi Dench to star in Blithe Spirit movie
15/05/2019 … Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Isla Fisher are to star in a new movie version of Noel Coward’s comedy Blithe Spirit.
US comedian Tim Conway dies at 85
Co-star on The Carol Burnett Show
15/05/2019 … Veteran US comedian Tim Conway, best known for his co-starring on The Carol Burnett Show for more than a decade has died at 85.
Miles Jupp quits the News Quiz
Comic stands down after four years
15/05/2019 … Miles Jupp is to step down as host of The News Quiz at the end of the current series.
Tue 14 May 2019
UK dates for Louis CK
Disgraced comic announces two intimate gigs
14/05/2019 … UPDATE: These shows have now been cancelled - read more here Disgraced comedian Louis CK is heading to the UK for two intimate dates next week.
© Trending Report/CC BY-SA 2.0 Rob Delaney to film a stand-up special
London recording for Catastrophe star
14/05/2019 … Rob Delaney is to film a stand-up special in London.
Aisling Bea, Tim Key and others star in new romcom
Netflix buys Love. Wedding. Repeat. while filming continues in Rome
14/05/2019 … Tim Key, Aisling Bea, People Just Do Nothing’s Allan Mustafa and Plebs star Joel Fry are to star in a romantic comedy movie set in Rome.
Netflix snaps up Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas
New stand-up special to hit the streaming service next year
14/05/2019 … Netflix has snapped up Hannah Gadsby’s new stand-up special, Douglas.