© C4 First official Derry Girls book to be published
29/07/2020 … Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee has penned an official spin-off book to be published this autumn.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 29 July 2020
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Comedy writer Tasha Dhanraj dubbed 'one to watch'
Accolade from Edinburgh TV Festival
29/07/2020 … Comedy writer Tasha Dhanraj has been named 'one to watch' by the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Full line-up revealed for Edinburgh Fringe audiobook
29/07/2020 … The full line-up of comedians has been announced the Edinburgh Unlocked audiobook, which aims to offer a taste of the cancelled Fringe.
© C4 Revealed: Taskmaster Series 10 contestants
Daisy May Cooper, Katherine Parkinson, Johnny Vegas, Mawaan Rizwan and Richard Herring
29/07/2020 … The line-up has been unveiled for the next series of Taskmaster, which will launch on its new home on Channel 4 this autumn.
Michael Palin joins The Simpsons
Other guest stars will include Olivia Colman and Hannibal Buress
29/07/2020 … Michael Palin is to appear on The Simpsons.
BBC podcast for Alison Spittle and Fern Brady
With the 'most embarrassing and bleak anecdotes'
29/07/2020 … Alison Spittle and Fern Brady are to host a new podcast for BBC Sounds.
Venues told: No normal reopening until November, at least
...but comedy IS included in government arts bailout
29/07/2020 … Hopes that the live comedy scene could make a relatively brisk return to normality have been dashed by Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.
Finally! The Real McCoy comes to iPlayer
26 years on, groundbreaking comedy can be seen again
29/07/2020 … Every episode of influential sketch comedy show The Real McCoy has been released on iPlayer.