We're Trying to make a second series...
Apple renews comedy series, despite the question mark over shooting
08/05/2020 … Apple TV is to make a second series of its comedy Trying, star Rafe Spall has revealed.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 08 May 2020
© JohnMcKenzie/British Music Hall Society Annual Music Hall and Variety Day launched
08/05/2020 … May 16 is to be declared Annual Music Hall and Variety Day in honour of Roy Hudd.
Edinburgh Fringe chief to delay his departure
Sir Timothy O’Shea won't be quitting in August
08/05/2020 … Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea is to remain as chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society because of the coronavirus.
Victory for Jerry Seinfeld in Comedians In Cars... copyright case
Director's claim thrown out of court
08/05/2020 … Jerry Seinfeld has triumphed in a court case over who created his hit Netflix series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Community service...
Cast of US sitcom to reunite for a virtual read-through
08/05/2020 … The cast of US sitcom Community are to reunite, five years after the show ended.
Thu 07 May 2020
© Steve Ullathorne Channel 5 commissions Paul Merton’s Comic Heroes
07/05/2020 … Paul Merton is to pay tribute to some of his comedy inspirations in a two-hour Channel 5 documentary.
Britain's biggest theatre group to close until the end of June
Another blow to live entertainment
07/05/2020 … Britain’s largest theatre operator has announced that all its venues will remain closed until the end of June at least.
© Phil180knight/CC BY-SA 4.0 'This year's basically a write-off'
Cambridge virologist expects comedy gigs to be cancelled until 2021
07/05/2020 … There will be no comedy gigs in the UK until at least next year, a top virologist has suggested.