Brassic goes global
Sky comedy sold to five nations
10/10/2019 … Sky One’s new comedy show Brassic has been sold to five countries around the world.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 10 October 2019
Bobby Mair to host a spooky ITV2 reality show
'Facilitating murder is the job I was born to do'
10/10/2019 … Bobby Mair is to present a murder-mystery reality TV show in the run-up to Halloween.
Rob and Romesh to host Royal Variety Performance
Flo & Joan, Kerry Godliman and Frank Skinner also on the bill
10/10/2019 … Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
Australia gets its own Drunk History
10/10/2019 … Australia is to get its own version of Drunk History.
Ardal O'Hanlon quits Death In Paradise
10/10/2019 … Ardal O’Hanlon is to quit Death In Paradise.
Wed 09 October 2019
Full cast announced for BBC One comedy Bumps
Starring Amanda Redman as a woman who becomes a mum at 63
09/10/2019 … The full cast has been announced for the BBC One comedy pilot Bumps, in which Amanda Redman plays woman who becomes a mother again at 63.
Angelos Epithemiou announces his first tour in eight years
09/10/2019 … Angelos Epithemiou has announced a short autumn tour – his first in eight years.
'If you can't make jokes without hurting people, maybe you're no good at it'
Marc Maron reacts to claims 'woke culture' is killing comedy
09/10/2019 … Marc Maron has hit back at Joker director Todd Phillips’s claim that ‘woke culture’ is stifling comedy.