2019 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 28 July 2019
What does a PM do once they're out of office?
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
28/07/2019 … Our pick of the week's comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 27 July 2019
Big Mouth strikes again, and again, and again
Three more series for Netflix animated comedy
27/07/2019 … Netflix has renewed its animated comedy Big Mouth for three more seasons.
Jim Jefferies is named stand-up of the year
...and gets roasted by Jimmy Carr
27/07/2019 … Jim Jefferies and Kevin Hart have received their Just For Laughs awards at the Montreal comedy festival.
Honorary doctorates for John Bishop and Sanjeev Bhaskar
‘You can’t change everything but you can change your world'
27/07/2019 … John Bishop and Sanjeev Bhaskar have both been awarded an honorary doctorates.
New podcast from Katy Brand and Katherine Parkinson
27/07/2019 … The pick of the week's comedy on demand.
Fri 26 July 2019
© Just For Laughs Kevin Hart? There are flaming balls of hydrogen that aren’t trying that hard to be a big star
Some of the best lines from Andy Kindler's State Of The Industry address
26/07/2019 … He is, according to his warm-up Ron Funches, ‘one of the best comedians in the world - don’t let your ears or the laughter tell you otherwise’.
Why political comedy is so hard in 2019
...but why some comedians are relishing the challenge
26/07/2019 … Political comedy is getting harder to do in today’s a highly polarised climate, some of America’s leading satirists have said.