Ken Dodd left £27.5million
...and the taxman didn't see a penny
09/02/2019 … Sir Ken Dodd left his long-term partner £27.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 09 February 2019
Fri 08 February 2019
Slapstick Festival: We haven't come a cropper
Bristol event cancels its 2020 gala, but nothing more
08/02/2019 … Bristol’s Slapstick Festival of vintage comedy has reassured fans that it is going strong, despite cancelling its gala for next year.
E4 acquires Speechless
Minnie Driver's US comedy about a boy with cerebral palsy
08/02/2019 … Channel 4 has acquired all three seasons of the US comedy Speechless to air on E4.
© BBC/Endemol Shine Daily Mash sold for £1.2million
Satirical website that spawned The Mash Report
08/02/2019 … Satirical news website the Daily Mash, which inspired BBC Two’s The Mash Report, has been sold for £1.
Awards for Kevin Bridges and Michael McIntyre
...from the arenas they sold out
08/02/2019 … Kevin Bridges and Michael McIntyre have both won comedy awards – in a very exclusive pool.
Thu 07 February 2019
A lunar-tic idea
Comic Olaf Falafel plays 50 schools in 50 days to plug moon book
07/02/2019 … Comic Olaf Falafel is to perform in 50 schools in 50 days to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
Another book from David Mitchell
New collection of his Observer columns
07/02/2019 … David Mitchell is to release a second volume of his newspaper columns in time for Christmas.
John Thomson hailed a 'legend' at the NW Comedy Awards
07/02/2019 … John Thomson and Sarah Millican were among the winners at the North West Comedy Awards last night.