All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
85 per cent of comics and industry go without government help
23/04/2020 … More than 85 per cent of people working in the live comedy industry have secured no government aid, a month after the sector closed down completely.
Every episode of medical sitcom on-demand
23/04/2020 … Channel 4 has signed a deal to put every episode of Scrubs on to its on-demand platform All4.
Available on – *checks notes* – The Weather Channel
23/04/2020 … Big-name American comedians including Kevin Hart, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, and Billy Crystal are to take place in a live-streaming fundraiser next…
Vic Reeves, Joe Lycett, Harry Hill and Jessica Hynes
23/04/2020 … Vic Reeves, Joe Lycett, Harry Hill and Jessica Hynes are to take part in a new Grayson Perry art show for Channel 4.
© Sky TV Plus Jack Whitehall, Kurupt FM, Romesh Ranganathan and loads of stand-ups
22/04/2020 … Travel may be off the menu, but Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are to recreate The Trip for the BBC’s Big Night In extravaganza tomorrow night.
© Fung Wah Man 22/04/2020 … Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme is to be released on vinyl for the first time.
And Shameless writer to create Dan and Sam script
22/04/2020 … The movie version of Mark Watson’s 2015 graphic novel has found a director.
Broadcaster reveals launch date for new episodes
22/04/2020 … E4 has announced that it will air new episodes of Rick and Morty four days after they air in the US.
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