© BBC Fawlty Towers actor Louis Mahoney dies at 81
He played the doctor in The Germans episode
30/06/2020 … Louis Mahoney, who played the doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans has died at the age of 81.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 30 June 2020
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Curb Your Enthusiasm to return for its 11th series
30/06/2020 … Larry David is to make an 11th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, broadcaster HBO has revealed.
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 Carl Reiner dies at 98
30/06/2020 … Comedy legend Carl Reiner has died at the age of 98.
Alex Edelman to release his first album
Comprising 'his 22 favourite jokes'
30/06/2020 … Former Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Alex Edelman is to release his debut comedy album Until Now, which will be released on July 10, is billed as a collection…
Win a chance to make a guest appearance on a hit podcast
Comic Relief prize draw launched
30/06/2020 … Podcast fans are being offered the chance to be a guest on the favourite shows, thanks to a prize draw being run by Comic Relief.
Mon 29 June 2020
© Karla Gowlett Who writes 'unscripted' comedy?
New award to celebrate the top female talent
29/06/2020 … It sounds like an oxymoron - but a new award has been launched for the writers of unscripted comedy.
Brassic fantastic!
Sky's comedy sets binge-watching records
29/06/2020 … Sky says its comedy Brassic has set a record for binge-watching.
© Hopscotch Productions/Helen Jones 'Scotland has been underrepresented on the UK’s comedy scene'
TV company formed to exploit that talent
29/06/2020 … TV production companies Channel X and Hopscotch Films have combined to launch a new venture in Glasgow.