Leicester Comedy Festival chief joins Union Jack radio
Geoff Rowe will seek out new comic talent
18/06/2019 … Digital radio station Union Jack has appointed Leicester Comedy Festival chief Geoff Rowe as its first director of comedy.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 June 2019
ITV vows to end the all-male comedy writing room
Comedy chief's bid to tackle gender imbalance
18/06/2019 … ITV will no longer commission comedy shows with all-male writers' rooms.
Mon 17 June 2019
Famalam gets a third series
Plus a Christmas special for BBC's black-led sketch show
17/06/2019 … BBC Three sketch show Famalam is to return for a third series and a one-off Christmas special.
Geoff Norcott to explore How The Middle Classes Ruined Britain
Comedian's new BBC Two documentary entitled
17/06/2019 … Geoff Norcott is to make a BBC Two documentary entitled How The Middle Classes Ruined Britain.
© BBC BBC Ouch seeks storytellers
17/06/2019 … Submissions are now open for BBC Ouch’s fourth storytelling event, hosted by Laura Lexx at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe.
NextUp seeks comics to film at Edinburgh
On-demand service expands its offering
17/06/2019 … Stand-up on demand service NextUp are seeking Edinburgh Fringe comics to join their platform.
Tiffany Haddish boycotts Georgia over abortion laws
Comic pulls gig in support of state's women
17/06/2019 … American comedian Tiffany Haddish has become the first major entertainer to boycott the state of Georgia over its controversial abortion clampdown.
Who's playing the 2019 Greenwich Comedy Festival
17/06/2019 … Sean Lock, Josh Widdicombe, Sara Pascoe and Jason Manford are among the headliners for this year’s Greenwich Comedy Festival.