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Comic Leo wins 2Northdown new act contest
04/03/2020 … Leo Reich has won the £500 new act competition run by London venue 2Northdown.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 04 March 2020
Juliet Stevenson to play Sara Pascoe's mum
Cariad Lloyd also cast in fellow comic's BBC sitcom
04/03/2020 … Juliet Stevenson is to play Sara Pascoe's mother in the comic's BBC Two sitcom, Chortle can reveal.
Nick Helm makes his feature film debut
Opposite Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat in a movie about a girl band
04/03/2020 … Nick Helm is to star in his first feature film, alongside Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat.
Susan Calman takes over Jane McDonald's travel shows
Channel 5 signs Strictly comedian
04/03/2020 … Susan Calman is the new Jane McDonald.
Spitting Image IS coming back
Streaming service BritBox orders two new series
04/03/2020 … Spitting Image is to return to screens after 25 years.
Tue 03 March 2020
© Matt Humphrey Now Phoebe Waller-Bridge is up for an Olivier
03/03/2020 … Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s dominance of the awards season has become so complete that she has just been nominated for her fourth and fifth major gong today alone.
© BBC TV festival to celebrate comedy shows
Dave Allen, Ricky Gervais, The Goodies and more
03/03/2020 … Dave Allen, The Goodies and Ricky Gervais are to be celebrated at this year’s BFI and Radio Times TV Festival.
© C4 Comedians up for Royal Television Society awards
Comedy dominates the breakthrough categoty
03/03/2020 … Aisling Bea, Tim Renkow and Motherland star Tanya Moodie are up for the breakthrough accolade in this year’s Royal Television Society awards.