Nominees announced for Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards
Including the first black British women to be shortlisted
21/08/2019 … The nominees have been announced for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards,.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 21 August 2019
BBC Two orders a new Limmy series
Three episodes of his Homemade Show coming next year
21/08/2019 … Limmy is to return to BBC Two with a new series of DIY comedy sketches.
© Steve Ullathorne Sophie Willan pilots BBC Two sitcom
...loosely based on her own life
21/08/2019 … Sophie Willan is piloting a BBC Two sitcom loosely based on her own life.
© Idil Sukan Sara Pascoe to make a BBC Two sitcom
Exploring family, relationships and biology
21/08/2019 … BBC Two has commissioned a new six-part comedy from Sara Pascoe.
New series from Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee
...but this one's a psychological thriller
21/08/2019 … Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee is to write a ‘contemporary psychological thriller’ for Channel Five.
There She Goes, again
BBC orders a second series of David Tennant and Jessica Hynes comedy-drama
21/08/2019 … There She Goes – in which David Tennant and Jessica Hynes – play parents bringing up a girl with severe learning disabilities is to return…
Sky to launch a channel dedicated to US comedies
Including Curb and John Oliver
21/08/2019 … Sky is to launch a new channel dedicated only to US comedy shows.
C4 orders a sitcom about a female Muslim punk band
Lady Parts picked up following a Comedy Blap
21/08/2019 … Channel 4 is making a comedy series about an all-female Muslim punk band.