All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Angela George Tributes as comedy veteran Fred Willard dies at 86
16/05/2020 … Fred Willard, whose 50-year career as a comedy actor included Anchorman and Best In Show, has died at the age of 86.
16/05/2020 … Here's our pick of the best new comedy on demand.
16/05/2020 … Character comedian Myra Dubois is to appear on Britain’s Got Talent tonight.
Apple TV+ announces a lockdown special
16/05/2020 … Apple TV is to make a lockdown edition of its workplace comedy series, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet.
Keith Lemon questions show's future now Holly Willoughby has quit
16/05/2020 … Keith Lemon has said that the future of Celebrity Juice hangs in the balance now Holly Willoughby has left the show after 12 years.
After cop show becomes Sky's biggest new comedy in eight years
15/05/2020 … Sky has ordered a second series of its spoof cop show Code 404 after it became the broadcaster’s biggest comedy launch in eight years.
© B Rosen/CC BY-SA 2.0 ...but few are booking tickets, and most not before November
15/05/2020 … Three-quarters of theatre audiences are itching for the return of a live event.
New book about the 'green shoots of hope' for humanity
15/05/2020 … Ruby Wax has written a new book, sharing hopeful news about the future of humanity.
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