Giles Wemmbley-Hogg to return
Marcus Brigstocke revives his character for new web series
13/05/2020 … Marcus Brigstocke is reviving his character Giles Wemmbley-Hogg for a series of lockdown videos.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 13 May 2020
Edinburgh Fringe releases its 1990 programme...
Fascinating look back into the festival's history
13/05/2020 … The Edinburgh Fringe has started releasing copies of its old programmes in full online, starting with 1990’s.
Romesh Ranganathan to revisit his Misadventures
New compilation series with unseen footage for BBC Two
13/05/2020 … Romesh Ranganathan is to repackage highlights of his BBC Two travelogue for a new ‘best of’ series.
Comedy takes to the streets...
Inventive comedians stage a gig outside a block of flats
13/05/2020 … Two comedians have put on an impromptu stand-up show outside a block of flats – and went down a storm.
Early member of The Greatest Show On Legs dies
13/05/2020 … Dave ‘Bagpipes’ Brooks – an early member of alternative comedy group The Greatest Show On Legs – has died at the age of 72.
Can you help fill the Bath?
City comedy festival launches a crowdfunder
13/05/2020 … The Bath Comedy Festival has set up a crowdfunder to help ensure its future.
Tue 12 May 2020
Live comedy set to return – as drive-in shows
Comic Tom Binns has a plan to kick-start the circuit
12/05/2020 … Live comedy could return as a drive-in experience, long before clubs are allowed to reopen.
Gremlins strike Mo Gilligan's live Channel 4 show
...so he switches to Instagram Live instead
12/05/2020 … Channel 4 had to abandon its live Mo Gilligan show at the last minute last night, after hitting technical difficulties.