Michael Spicer's Room Next Door hits America
Comic records a sketch for James Corden's show
15/04/2020 … British comic Michael Spicer has made his American debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden, thanks to his Room Next Door web series.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 15 April 2020
Tue 14 April 2020
© C4 Lee and Dean WON'T be coming back
Channel 4 passes on any more episodes of builders' comedy
14/04/2020 … Channel 4 sitcom Lee And Dean will not be coming back for a third series, its creators have revealed.
Johnny Vegas announces his first tour in a decade
Just seven dates so far - but free tickets to NHS staff
14/04/2020 … Johnny Vegas has announced his first live tour in more than a decade.
Hannah Gadsby reveals release date for her next Netflix special
14/04/2020 … Hannah Gadsby has announced that her new Netflix special, Douglas, will be released on May 26.
Audiobook of Stephen K Amos's memoirs... eight years on
Belated release for I Used To Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey
14/04/2020 … Stephen K Amos has recorded an audiobook version of his memoirs – eight years after it was first published.
Presenters named for BBC's Big Night In
Lenny Henry, Paddy McGuinness and others to host lockdown extravaganza
14/04/2020 … Matt Baker, Zoe Ball, Lenny Henry, Davina McCall and Paddy McGuinness are to host BBC One’s Big Night In extravaganza, the corporation has announced.
Mon 13 April 2020
© S4C Ruth Jones learns Welsh for new TV series
Gavin & Stacey star even joined long-running soap Pobol y Cwm
13/04/2020 … Ruth Jones has been learning Welsh for a new TV series.
© Stuart Hogben Mark Watson to stage another 24-hour show
Online gig aims to rebuild society... 'in a silly way'
13/04/2020 … Mark Watson is to stage another of his marathon comedy shows – but this time via webcam.