Billy Connolly to lead New York Tartan Parade
Scottish celebration on the streets of Manhattan
22/02/2019 … Billy Connolly is to lead the annual Tartan Parade through the streets of New York this April.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 22 February 2019
© BBC Comedy stars to pay tribute to Jeremy Hardy
22/02/2019 … The cast of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue are to remember Jeremy Hardy at a gig this weekend.
Jennifer Saunders to star in a Noel Coward revival
Playing batty clairvoyant Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit
22/02/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to star in a new stage production of Noel Coward’s classic comedy Blithe Spirit.
BBC series for Play That Goes Wrong team
Six half-hour episodes from Mischief Theatre
22/02/2019 … The team behind The Play That Goes Wrong are to make a six-part comedy series for BBC One.
Thu 21 February 2019
Inbetweeners duo write a comedy about Premiership footballers
...to be produced by the chairman of Liverpool FC
21/02/2019 … The creators of the Inbetweeners are to make a new BBC Two comedy based around Premier League footballers – and produced by the chairman of Liverpool…
Limmy: I was a teenage car thief
Comic reveals criminal record and his struggles with mental health in new memoirs
21/02/2019 … Limmy has revealed that he used to be a car thief.
Adam Buxton writes his first book
Tentatively titled 1st Class Bastard
21/02/2019 … Adam Buxton is writing his first book.
Romesh Ranganathan and Cariad Lloyd up for podcast gold
In the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
21/02/2019 … Romesh Ranganathan and Cariad Lloyd are up for a prestigious award for their podcast.