Comedies dominate best of Christmas TV
9 out of 10 most-loved moments come from sitcoms
24/11/2020 … The importance of comedy has been revealed in a new survey of the best Christmas TV moments of all time.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 24 November 2020
The Goes Wrong... team tackle the Nativity
The greatest story ever mistold
24/11/2020 … The Goes Wrong.
Tom Basden writes a BBC comedy to star Katherine Parkinson
About a family winter holiday in Margate
24/11/2020 … Tom Basden has written a one-off BBC One sitcom starring Katherine Parkinson.
© Rumpus Media Romesh Ranganathan films Scottish travelogue
New adventure is a lot closer to home than usual
24/11/2020 … Romesh Ranganathan has previously travelled from the Sahara to Mongolia to the Arctic in his travel series.
© Owl Power It's a Christmas angle!
Festive special for Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
24/11/2020 … Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse have made a special Christmas episode of their fishing show.
© BBC Christmas special for King Gary
Tom Davis sitcom returns for a one-off festive edition
24/11/2020 … Tom Davis sitcom Gary King is to return to BBC One for a Christmas special.
Mon 23 November 2020
Victoria Wood left a treasure trove of unseen sketches
...and the first draft of a film script
23/11/2020 … Victoria Wood left behind a large tranche of unfilmed sketches – and the first draft of a film script.
Comedy venues allowed to reopen next week
Depending which tier they're in... and we won't know that til Thursday
23/11/2020 … Some comedy venues shuttered since the start of the month will be allowed to reopen on December 2 under new rules Boris Johnson confirmed today.