Jack Burns dies at 86
George Carlin's comedy partner and Muppet Show co-creator
29/01/2020 … Jack Burns – the former comedy partner of George Carlin who went on to co-create the Muppet Show – has died at the age of 86.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 29 January 2020
Tim Minchin's Matilda heading for the big screen
29/01/2020 … Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Matilda is reportedly to be made into a movie for Netflix.
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys beats Fleabag and Derry Girls to comedy prize
National Television Awards results
29/01/2020 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was won the comedy award at last night’s National Television Awards – at the expense of Fleabag and Derry Girls.
Al Murray and Rory Bremner to play Henley Festival
A black-tie do on the banks of the Thames
29/01/2020 … Al Murray, Rory Bremner and Milton Jones are among the comedians just announced for this year’s Henley Festival.
Tue 28 January 2020
© C4 HBO passes on Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan comedy
Comedy now being hawked around Hollywood again
28/01/2020 … Plans for a US comedy based on an idea by Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea have hit the buffers.
Radio 4 extends Alfie Moore's beat
Another series for cop-turned-comic
28/01/2020 … The BBC has commissioned a fifth series of Radio 4 series It’s A Fair Cop from policeman-turned-comic Alfie Moore.
'A broadcasting giant who proved that the straight man could be the real star of comedy'
Tributes flood in for Nicholas Parsons
28/01/2020 … Tributes have been flooding in for Nicholas Parsons, who died in the early hours of this morning at the age of 96.
Nicholas Parsons dies at 96
The final whistle blows on an incredible career
28/01/2020 … Nicholas Parsons, who hosted Radio 4's Just a Minute since its inception in 1967, has died aged 96 after a short illness.