Tom Allen joins Children In Need
Comic among the presenters for the BBC telethon
26/10/2019 … Tom Allen is to join BBC One’s Children in Need presenting team for the first time.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 26 October 2019
Fri 25 October 2019
New radio show and podcast for John Robins and Elis James
Talking to celebrities about their struggles
25/10/2019 … Elis James and John Robins are to host a new show, going out as a BBC podcast and Radio 5 Live broadcast.
Filming wraps on After Life series 2
25/10/2019 … Filming has wrapped on the second series of Ricky Gervais’s Netflix comedy After Life.
Comics donate jokes to fundraising poster
In aid of Leicester Comedy Festival
25/10/2019 … Comedians including Romesh Ranganathan, Milton Jones and Tim Vine have donated jokes for a poster to raise money for Leicester Comedy Festival.
© Kelly Bachman/ Zoe Stuckless Harvey Weinstein confronted at comedy gig
Yet it's the 'heckler' who's asked to leave
25/10/2019 … Given the rape accusations swirling around Harvey Weinstein, you might expect him to keep a low profile.
Julian Clary to star in The Dresser
New stage production alongside Matthew Kelly
25/10/2019 … Julian Clary is to star in a new production of The Dresser, playing the title role of an ageing actor's long-suffering personal assistant.
© Matt Crockett Comedy Women in Print prize returns
25/10/2019 … The Comedy Women in Print prize is returning for a second year.
Thu 24 October 2019
Slapstick festival finalises its 2020 programme
Including a Buster Keaton film screened in Bristol Cathedral
24/10/2019 … The Slapstick classic comedy festival has added actor Paul McGann, broadcaster Samira Ahmed and comedians Shappi Khorsandi and Lucy Porter to its line-up.