© Catherine Harbour Hosting with the NME
Katherine Ryan to front awards show
29/01/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to host the NME Awards with broadcaster Julie Adenuga, it has been announce today.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 29 January 2020
© Catherine Harbour 
Edinburgh Fringe 2020: So it begins...
29/01/2020 … It might be depressing for comedians considering what they might bring to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe – but the first shows for 2020 have already…
© UKTV Hypothetical spreads to Tik Tok
New channel to plug ames Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s show
29/01/2020 … Comedy TV channel Dave has launched a TikTok account, starting with a series tied in with James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s panel show Hypothetical The…
Jack Burns dies at 86
George Carlin's comedy partner and Muppet Show co-creator
29/01/2020 … Jack Burns – the former comedy partner of George Carlin who went on to co-create the Muppet Show – has died at the age of 86.
Tim Minchin's Matilda heading for the big screen
29/01/2020 … Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Matilda is reportedly to be made into a movie for Netflix.
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys beats Fleabag and Derry Girls to comedy prize
National Television Awards results
29/01/2020 … Mrs Brown’s Boys was won the comedy award at last night’s National Television Awards – at the expense of Fleabag and Derry Girls.
Al Murray and Rory Bremner to play Henley Festival
A black-tie do on the banks of the Thames
29/01/2020 … Al Murray, Rory Bremner and Milton Jones are among the comedians just announced for this year’s Henley Festival.
Tue 28 January 2020
© C4 HBO passes on Aisling Bea and Sharon Horgan comedy
Comedy now being hawked around Hollywood again
28/01/2020 … Plans for a US comedy based on an idea by Sharon Horgan and Aisling Bea have hit the buffers.