Previously unheard Monty Python footage to air

As part of mammoth 50th anniversary celebrations

26/06/2019 … Radio 4 is to air five new Monty Python specials featuring previously unreleased material from the team’s sound archives.

Maisie Williams to star in new Sky comedy

Game Of Thrones star to play a misfit on the run

26/06/2019 … Game Of Thrones star Maisie Williams is to star in a new Sky comedy series about a misfit on the run from a murderous gangster.

Revealed: Who's going to be in the Amusical TV show

...including Frank Skinner as Annie

26/06/2019 … Frank Skinner is to don a curly wig and little red dress to perform a song from Annie in the TV version of live hit Amusical.

Free hotel rooms for comedians

100 on offer from budget chain easyHotel

25/06/2019 … Budget hotel chain easyHotel is offering 100 free overnight stays to up-and-coming stand-ups.

Ed Byrne joins Alan McGee biopic

25/06/2019 … Ed Byrne has joined the cast of Creation Stories, the new biopic of indie record label boss Alan McGee.

Could Blackadder be returning?

Creator Richard Curtis has a cunning plan...

25/06/2019 … Blackadder co-creator Richard Curtis has revived speculation that his hit show could return again.

Baddiel, Iannucci and Fry made fellows of the Royal Society of Literature

Honours for comedy writers

25/06/2019 … David Baddiel, Armando Iannucci and Stephen Fry have been made fellows of the Royal Society of Literature.

Adam Hess and Joseph Morpurgo to record specials

For streaming service NextUp

25/06/2019 … Adam Hess and Joseph Morpurgo are to record comedy specials for streaming service NextUp.