All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Preview peek at how a former music hall will be converted
21/05/2019 … The doors to the historic London venue that will become a new outpost for the Soho Theatre have been opened to the public for the first time in more than 15 years…
© BBC She's adapting The Radleys for the big screen
21/05/2019 … Jo Brand is adapting vampire novel The Radleys for the big screen.
© BBC Ardal O’Hanlon is back on Guadeloupe
21/05/2019 … Ardal O’Hanlon has begun filming the ninth series of Death In Paradise in Guadeloupe.
No second series for much-slated comedy
20/05/2019 … Martin Clunes’s BBC One comedy Warren has been axed after just one series, Chortle can reveal.
Recording 'wrongly advertised' as an As Yet Untitled comeback
20/05/2019 … The Dave TV channel has denied that Alan Davies’s As Yet Untitled is due to return - even though a recording has been advertised for tomorrow.
With his own play about alcoholism, The Red
20/05/2019 … Marcus Brigstocke is to direct his first play – a piece he wrote about alcoholism.
© Amanda Holden/Instagram 20/05/2019 … Amanda Holden and Tracy Ann Oberman have joined the cast of Plebs.
...and comic Brett Goldstein will be co-writing
20/05/2019 … IT Crowd star Katherine Parkinson has joined the cast of the movie about Catherine Tate’s foul-mouthed Nan character.
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