Black-ish gets another spin-off
Old-ish with Laurence Fishburne and Jenifer Lewis
09/09/2020 … Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is working on a third spinoff from his hit comedy series.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 09 September 2020
Tue 08 September 2020
Online podcast festival launched
Five days of live broadcasts next momth
08/09/2020 … One of the UK’s leading podcast producers has announced an online festival featuring live broadcasts of top comedy shows.
© Amanda Searle Worzel Gummidge to return
Mackenzie Crook writing, directing and starring in another special
08/09/2020 … Mackenzie Crook is to return for another Worzel Gummidge film.
© BBC Early Doors's 'Old Tommy' dies
08/09/2020 … Actor Rodney Litchfield, who played Old Tommy in Early Doors, has died at the age of 81.
'It proves the first one wasn't a fluke'
After Life wins its second TV choice award
08/09/2020 … Ricky Gervais’s After Life has been named best comedy at the TV Choice Award.
Mon 07 September 2020
Iain Stirling reschedules tour
Including the recording of his Amazon Prime special
07/09/2020 … Iain Stirling has postponed the autumn leg of his Failing Upwards stand-up tour for a full year.
Comedians to storm Warwick Castle
More venues host socially-distanced gigs
07/09/2020 … Stand-ups including Phil Wang, Flo & Joan and Sindhu Vee are to perform at Warwick Castle, as the medieval stronghold becomes the latest unusual venue to host…
Racist - or misrepresented?
Right-wing comic Leo Kearse seeks apology over tweet that 'smeared' him
07/09/2020 … Comedian Leo Kearse is demanding an apology after saying he was ‘smeared’ by a senior member of the newly formed Live Comedy Association who implied…