Chubby un-cancelled
Homecoming Middlesbrough gig after unofficial ban is lifted
08/11/2019 … Roy 'Chubby' Brown has been un-cancelled.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 08 November 2019
Netflix pulls Christian stand-up's special amid sexual misconduct storm
John Crist admits: 'I’ve sinned against God'
08/11/2019 … Netflix has put a stand-up special from Christian comedian John Crist on hold amid multiple complaints of sexual misconduct.
Thu 07 November 2019
Kenneth Williams' letters go under the hammer
Carry On star talks about suicide, being a useless understudy and 'idiot' Arthur Scargill
07/11/2019 … Previously unseen letters from Kenneth Williams are to go under the hammer next week.
© Arno Mikkor/CC BY-SA 2.0 How Boris Johnson hijacks comedy to oppress
07/11/2019 … Populist right-wing leaders like Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have hijacked the subversive ideals of comedy to prop up the unfair status quo, one academic has…
Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing gets a third series
Bob and Paul will return to the riverbank
07/11/2019 … The BBC has ordered a third series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Where to see Vic & Bob's new Big Night Out first
07/11/2019 … Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are to launch their second BBC Four series of Big Night Out with a public screening.
'I always like to get a party started'
Susan Calman to host BBC Scotland's Hogmanay celebrations
07/11/2019 … Susan Calman is to front this year’s BBC Scotland Hogmanay output, the broadcaster has announced.
© Joseph Lynn Netflix series for Noel Fielding
07/11/2019 … Noel Fielding is to make a Netflix series about a magic record player.