Sue Perkins to host nature-based Radio 4 show
Pilot to be taped at London Zoo
19/09/2019 … Sue Perkins is to host a Radio 4 show based on the natural world.
2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 September 2019
© BBC Guz Khan offers a leg-up into TV
Comic seeks working-class trainees for Man Like Mobeen
19/09/2019 … Man Like Mobeen star Guz Khan is spearheading a new training scheme to help get more working-class people into TV.
Cast announced for Pegg & Frost's Truth Seekers
Including Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma, Julian Barratt and Kevin Eldon
19/09/2019 … Samson Kayo, Susan Wokoma and Julian Barratt have joined the cast of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s forthcoming Amazon Prime series, Truth Seekers.
© Amanda Searle Michael Palin joins Worzel Gummidge cast
Along with Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoe Wanamaker
19/09/2019 … Michael Palin, Vicki Pepperdine, Steve Pemberton and Zoë Wanamaker have been cast in Mackenzie Crook’s modern-day adaptation of Worzel Gummidge.
© BBC Ray Galton left £2.2million
19/09/2019 … It’s a long way from the rag and bone men he wrote about… Steptoe & Son writer Ray Galton left more than £2million in his will, it has…
180! Mel Giedroyc joins darts comedy
Play being developed by top West End producer
19/09/2019 … Mel Giedroyc has joined the cast of a Fringe comedy play about darts being developed by a top West End producer, Chortle can reveal The comic and former Bake…
Wed 18 September 2019
Tina Fey is crowned best comedian of the century
18/09/2019 … Tina Fey has been named the funniest comedian of the 21st century.
Channel 4 prepares to launch 120 comedy shorts
18/09/2019 … Channel 4 is to release 120 comedy shorts from later this autumn.