New game show for Jason Manford
First Or Last to air in a primetime Saturday slot
27/09/2019 … Jason Manford is to front a new primetime comedy gameshow for BBC One.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 27 September 2019
Thu 26 September 2019
Comic Josh Pugh to represent England at football
..in the partially sighted World Championships
26/09/2019 … Comedian Josh Pugh is to represent England in the partially sighted football World Championships this year in Turkey.
© C4 Phoenix Nights comes to theatres
...but only for a screening of the original C4 sitcom
26/09/2019 … Phoenix Nights is to hit two of the biggest theatres in London and Manchester.
Joe Lycett hosts Amazon Alexa quiz
26/09/2019 … Joe Lycett is hosting a new quiz on Amazon Alexa in aid of Stand Up To Cancer.
Wed 25 September 2019
Second series for Dear Joan and Jericha
Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine's podcast returns
25/09/2019 … Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine are making a second series of their hit podcast Dear Joan and Jericha.
© BBC/Colin Hutton Upstart Crow coming to the West End
David Mitchell to star in stage version of Ben Elton's Shakespeare sitcom
25/09/2019 … Upstart Crow is coming to the stage, with a live version in London's West End.
Tue 24 September 2019
Tim Vine to tour - as Plastic Elvis
24/09/2019 … Tim Vine is to go on tour – performing the songs of Elvis Presley.
© Rich Hardcastle Comedians having Bad Time5
Starry line-up for stand-up Dave Fulton's dark anthology
24/09/2019 … A raft of well-known comics including Rufus Hound, Omid Djalili, Tiff Stevenson and Phill Jupitus have shot an anthology of dark comedy stories from fellow stand-up…