© Ibsan73/CC BY-SA 2.0 Amanda Redman to star in new comedy about becoming a mum at 63
22/08/2019 … BBC One has commissioned a new comedy pilot about a woman who becomes a mother again at 63.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 22 August 2019
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© ThisIsAce/CC BY-SA 3.0 Taking a Pounding
Store under fire for comedy writing job that pays £1 a joke
22/08/2019 … Poundland has come under fire after advertising for a freelance joke-writer – but paying just £1 per gag.
© Channel 4 'Some comedians don't have the right kind of audience for TV'
Producer admits that stand-ups need to fit into a pigeonhole
22/08/2019 … Some comedians don’t make it to TV because they don’t have the right kind of audience, a leading producer had admitted.
Malcolm Hardee Awards announce their 2019 nominees
For comic originality, cunning stunt, and 'act most likely to make a million quid'
22/08/2019 … The nominations for this year's Malcolm Hardee Awards – which has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe after a year's hiatus, have been announced.
Sky announces a second series of Brassic
...before the first has even aired
22/08/2019 … Sky has announced that it’s new comedy Brassic will get a second series – on the very day that the first launches.
Janine Harouni wins Amused Moose Award
For comedians 'on the cusp of fame'
22/08/2019 … Janine Harouni beat more than 180 hopefuls to win the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Jennifer Saunders joins There’s Something About Movies
With Tom Allen becoming a regular
22/08/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to become a team captain in the second series of Alan Carr’s panel show, There’s Something About Movies.
Wed 21 August 2019
© Big Talk Productions Mum set for an American remake
US uber-producer snaps up the rights
21/08/2019 … One of America’s top producers is working on a US remake of the BBC Two comedy Mum.