All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Channel 4 Producer admits that stand-ups need to fit into a pigeonhole
22/08/2019 … Some comedians don’t make it to TV because they don’t have the right kind of audience, a leading producer had admitted.
For comic originality, cunning stunt, and 'act most likely to make a million quid'
22/08/2019 … The nominations for this year's Malcolm Hardee Awards – which has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe after a year's hiatus, have been announced.
...before the first has even aired
22/08/2019 … Sky has announced that it’s new comedy Brassic will get a second series – on the very day that the first launches.
For comedians 'on the cusp of fame'
22/08/2019 … Janine Harouni beat more than 180 hopefuls to win the Amused Moose Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
With Tom Allen becoming a regular
22/08/2019 … Jennifer Saunders is to become a team captain in the second series of Alan Carr’s panel show, There’s Something About Movies.
© Big Talk Productions US uber-producer snaps up the rights
21/08/2019 … One of America’s top producers is working on a US remake of the BBC Two comedy Mum.
Including the first black British women to be shortlisted
21/08/2019 … The nominees have been announced for Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards,.
Three episodes of his Homemade Show coming next year
21/08/2019 … Limmy is to return to BBC Two with a new series of DIY comedy sketches.
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