Frank Skinner to launch a poetry podcast
'I will be like Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner'
15/04/2020 … Frank Skinner is to launch a new podcast all about poetry.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 15 April 2020
Larmer Tree festival cancelled
Decision made 'with a heavy heart'
15/04/2020 … This year’s Larmer Tree festival has been cancelled.
Adam Hills immortalised on a stamp
One of four comics honoured by Australia Post
15/04/2020 … Adam Hills has been immortalised on an Australian stamp.
Michael Spicer's Room Next Door hits America
Comic records a sketch for James Corden's show
15/04/2020 … British comic Michael Spicer has made his American debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden, thanks to his Room Next Door web series.
Tue 14 April 2020
© C4 Lee and Dean WON'T be coming back
Channel 4 passes on any more episodes of builders' comedy
14/04/2020 … Channel 4 sitcom Lee And Dean will not be coming back for a third series, its creators have revealed.
Johnny Vegas announces his first tour in a decade
Just seven dates so far - but free tickets to NHS staff
14/04/2020 … Johnny Vegas has announced his first live tour in more than a decade.
Hannah Gadsby reveals release date for her next Netflix special
14/04/2020 … Hannah Gadsby has announced that her new Netflix special, Douglas, will be released on May 26.
Audiobook of Stephen K Amos's memoirs... eight years on
Belated release for I Used To Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey
14/04/2020 … Stephen K Amos has recorded an audiobook version of his memoirs – eight years after it was first published.