Comedians to front new TV dating format
Commentating on awkward enocounters
14/12/2020 … Comedians are to set members of the public up with blind dates in a new series being made for Sky One.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 14 December 2020
The BBC unveils big plans for comedy
New festival, financing and programmes, especially focussed on the under-represnted
14/12/2020 … The BBC has announced a raft of new measures to boost its comedy output by encouraging new talent.
Rowan Atkinson to make a new Netflix series
14/12/2020 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a series of physical comedy shorts for Netflix entitled Man Vs Bee.
© Andrew Perry Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer to become a Netflix series
Eight-episode show based on his experiences as a stalking victim
14/12/2020 … Netflix is to make an eight-part series based on Richard Gadd’s award-winning one-man show Baby Reindeer.
Sun 13 December 2020
© Steve Best Lew Fitz the bill...
Comic crowned Amused Moose winner
13/12/2020 … Lew Fitz has won this year's new comic award run by the Amused Moose club.
© Sky What makes Micky Flanagan tick? Let's find out, out...
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
13/12/2020 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.
'You are always a surprise!'
Bill Bailey's entertaining - if imperfect - Strictly semi-final
13/12/2020 … It's not a traditional track for a tango – but Bill Bailey perfumed the Argentinan dance to Metallica's metal anthem Enter Sandman last night.
Three-quarters of BBC comedians are liberals
According to a campaign group seeking more right-wing views on air
13/12/2020 … Three-quarters of comedians appearing on BBC shows are Left-wing Remainers with progressive views, an anti-woke pressure group has claimed.