All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
(Well, she has been dead for 25 years)
08/07/2020 … Bureaucrats have rejected calls to honour the late comedy trailblazer Marti Caine on a walk of fame - because she wouldn’t be able to attend the unveiling.
Now Amnesty blasts 'trumped up' charges against Idris Sultan
08/07/2020 … A comedian is facing criminal charges after laughing at the Tanzanian president.
08/07/2020 … Paul Sinha is to make a second series of his Radio 4 show General Knowledge.
New industry body lobbies for access to emergency funds
08/07/2020 … The Scottish comedy circuit has formed a new trade body to try to secure a financial lifeline to save the industry as it stands on the brink of collapse.
© C4 With a show that sounds not unlike TV Burp...
08/07/2020 … Harry Hill is set to return to the BBC with a show that’s already being likened to TV Burp.
With an emphasis on reusing materials
07/07/2020 … Stand-up Bec Hill is to make a comedy arts-and-crafts series for CITV.
© Just For Laughs Covid-19 'leaves us with no alternative'
07/07/2020 … Just For Laughs have pulled this year's JFL42 comedy festival due to be held in Toronto.
Newcastle Racecourse becomes a festival site
07/07/2020 … Jason Manford and Bill Bailey are to be the first comedians to play what’s being billed as the first socially distanced live music arena.
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