Blake Harrison and Meera Syal join ITV's refugee comedy
12/12/2019 … Meera Syal and Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison are joining the cast of new ITV sitcom Kate And Koji.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 12 December 2019
Australian TV's top comedy executive stands down
12/12/2019 … Rick Kalowski is standing down from his job as head of comedy at Australia’s ABC.
Wed 11 December 2019
Jim Davidson quits running his charity
Comic helped veterans... but not without some controversy
11/12/2019 … Jim Davidson has stepped down as chief executive of Care After Combat, the charity helping veterans which he helped set up in 2014.
Rob Delaney joins Home Alone reboot
Opposite Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Ellie Kemper
11/12/2019 … Rob Delaney and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Ellie Kemper have signed up for the reboot of Home Alone.
Hoax! Truth behind 'hate speech in comedy' article revealed
Comedian Andrew Doyle admits he wrote controversial piece
11/12/2019 … Andrew Doyle has admitted to writing a hoax article which slated the stand-up circuit as a hotbed of racism and sexism.
Rose Matafeo scoops NZ Comedy Award
...with Paul Sinha named best visitor
11/12/2019 … Rose Matafeo and Paul Sinha have scooped New Zealand Comedy Guild awards.
Best Christmas sitcom ever
11/12/2019 … The finale of The Office is the greatest ever Christmas special of a British sitcom, according to a new poll.
Tue 10 December 2019
Panel show pilots for Barnes & Ince
10/12/2019 … Angela Barnes and Robin Ince are piloting two audio panel shows next week.