Avalon gets a new chief executive
Laura Kennedy poached from US broadcast giant Lionsgate
02/10/2019 … Avalon’s comedy and TV empire has a new chief executive officer.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 02 October 2019
Comedians join Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
02/10/2019 … Comics Phill Jupitus, Shappi Khorsandi, Jamali Maddix and Bobby Mair are all taking part in the next series of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
Hugh Bonneville joins seaside comedy Sandylands
Alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar, David Walliams and Simon Bird
02/10/2019 … Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville has joined the cast of Gold’s new seaside-set sitcom Sandylands.
Tue 01 October 2019
© BBC/Gary Moyes French & Saunders join Death On The Nile
Starring alongside Russell Brand in Kenneth Branagh movie
01/10/2019 … Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have joined the cast of the new Death On The Nile movie.
Susan Calman is on the Menu
'Superfan' comic joins BBC Two's Great British Menu
01/10/2019 … Susan Calman is to present the next series of BBC Two's Great British Menu.
Union Jack backs Leicester Comedy Festival again
Radio station renews sponsorship for 2020
01/10/2019 … Digital radio station Union Jack has announced that it will be one of the sponsors of next year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.
Shappi Khorsandi: Boris Johnson touched me inappropriately too
Comic tells of physical contact on Question Time
01/10/2019 … Shappi Khorsandi has become the latest woman to claim Boris Johnson touched her inappropriately.
Jerry Seinfeld wins plagiarism case
Court throws out lawsuit over Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee
01/10/2019 … Jerry Seinfeld has seen off a lawsuit that claimed he stole the idea for Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.