© Angst Productions Warm-up comic takes the Mock The Week hotseat
Maff Brown steps up at the last minute
03/12/2020 … It may be the moment every comedian doing TV warm-up secretly hopes for.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 03 December 2020
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© BBC From This Country to evil stepsisters
Cooper siblings among a star-studded cast for BBC Two panto
03/12/2020 … The Country siblings Daisy May and Charlie Cooper are to play the Evil Step Sisters in a star-studded virtual pantomime being broadcast by BBC Two this Christmas.
Comedians contribute to free book of comic tales
Stories To Make You Smile out in April
03/12/2020 … Comedians-turned-authors Jenny Éclair, Helen Lederer and Mark Watson are among the writers contributing to a new, free, book of comic tales.
Wed 02 December 2020
© BBC Diane Morgan pilots new BBC comedy, Lethal
Playing a woman hoping to marry a Death Row prisoner
02/12/2020 … Diane Morgan is to star as a woman bidding to marry a Death Row prisoner in a new BBC Two comedy pilot.
Rosie Jones scoops Attitude comedy award
'This award-winning little lesbian is so full of love'
02/12/2020 … Rosie Jones has won this year’s comedy award handed out by LGBTQ+ magazine Attitude.
© C4 Comics named for One Night In Hamleys
Trio to run riot in London toyshop
02/12/2020 … Romesh Ranganathan, Rob Beckett and Tom Allen have been named as the comedians spending a night in London toy store Hamleys for a one-off Channel…
Britain's Got Talent comics go on tour
Nabil Abdulrashid follows Jon Courtney and Steve Royle in announcing dates
02/12/2020 … The three comedians who made the final of this year’s Britain’s Got Talent final have all announced 2021 tours.
Gavin and Stacey stars to reunite
Christmas Day radio special for Joanna Page, Mathew Horne and other cast members
02/12/2020 … Gavin and Stacey stars Joanna Page and Mathew Horne are to reunite for a Christmas Day radio special.