All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Posthumous honours awarded by fellow stand-ups
23/12/2019 … Jeremy Hardy and Ian Cognito have been posthumously recognised in this year’s UK Comedy Awards – also known as the Comedians’ Comedian accolades.
Star of Don't Wait up and father of Fern
22/12/2019 … Tony Britton the star of the long-running sitcom Don’t Wait Up has died at the age of 95.
© BBC The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
22/12/2019 … The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
The best of the week's live comedy
22/12/2019 … The best of what's an understandably quiet week in live comedy.
21/12/2019 … Almost two-thirds of people think comedy can change the way disabled people are perceived, according to a new survey.
Comic calls for more representation to combat prejudice
20/12/2019 … A comedian has called for panel shows such as Mock The Week to book more Jewish comedians to help stem the tide of antisemitism.
Funeral for comedian whose star burned brightly – but briefly
20/12/2019 … Mourners will gather today to bid farewell to Paul Squire – a comedian who was briefly one of the hottest properties in TV before slipping into relative obscurity.
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