Simon Amstell joins Latitude
Festivals announces more comedy acts
13/02/2020 … Simon Amstell has been announced as one of the stand-up headlines for this year’s Latitude festival.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 13 February 2020
© BBC Guess what? Fleabag's up for MORE awards
Broadcasting Press Guild nominees out
13/02/2020 … Fleabag looks set to add to its huge awards tally after being shortlisted in three categories of the annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Wed 12 February 2020
Katherine Ryan to play Joan Rivers
Sky unveils its next batch of Urban Myths
12/02/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to play her comedy heroine Joan Rivers in the new series of Sky’s Urban Myths, She has been cast opposite Jessica Barden from The End…
Greg Davies to star in psychotherapist comedy
12/02/2020 … Greg Davies is to star as a demotivated small-time psychotherapist in a new comedy.
Sky gets more Intelligence
Second series for David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed comedy
12/02/2020 … Sky has ordered a second series of David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed’s new comedy Intelligence, more than a week before the show starts.
Sky picks up Samson Kayo paramedic comedy
Bloods to co-star Jane Horrocks
12/02/2020 … Sky has commissioned a new comedy starring Samson Kayo as a paramedic.
© C4 Derry Girls join the intellectual elite
Comedy nominated for a heavyweight literary prize
12/02/2020 … Derry Girls has been shortlisted for a heavyweight literary prize that normally goes to serious historical books or probing investigative journalist.
Chair of Edinburgh Fringe steps down
Sir Timothy O’Shea had served the maximum term
12/02/2020 … Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea is to step down as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society’s board in August.