Honours for Olivia Colman and Griff Rhys Jones
07/06/2019 … Olivia Colman and Griff Rhys Jones have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 07 June 2019
Nigel Planer to star in David Walliams's Grandpa's Great Escape
07/06/2019 … Nigel Planer is to star in the first stage adaptation of David Walliams's children’s book Grandpa's Great Escape, when it tours arenas this…
Michael Palin, Dara O Briain and Horrible Histories mark 50 years since the Moon landings
BBC season to mark Apollo 11 anniversary
07/06/2019 … Dara O Briain, Michael Palin and the Horrible Histories team are taking part in the BBC’s celebrations marking 50 years since the Moon landings.
Dave Johns joins Blithe Spirit movie
...as Jennifer Saunders stars in a stage revivial
07/06/2019 … Dave Johns has joined the cast of the new film version of Blithe Sprit, alongside Dame Judi Dench.
Daliso Chaponda announces UK tour
As his Radio 4 series is recommissioned
07/06/2019 … Former Britain’s Got Talent finalist Daliso Chaponda has announced a 36-date UK tour.
Breaking Bard
Royal Shakespeare Company hosts a comedy festival
07/06/2019 … The Royal Shakespeare Company is to host a comedy festival this autumn, featuring the likes of Adam Kay, Bridget Christie, Rory Bremner and Milton Jones.
BBC orders THREE more series of Not Going Out
...making a total of 13 for Lee Mack's sitcom
07/06/2019 … The BBC has ordered three more series of Not Going Out – taking it into its 13th season.
Thu 06 June 2019
Wilderness Festival announces its 2019 comedy line-up
Coming to Oxfordshire in August
06/06/2019 … Oxfordshire’s Wilderness Festival has announced its comedy bill.