More international names join Melbourne festival
Rich Hall, Josie Long and John Kearns
17/01/2020 … Rich Hall, Josie Long and John Kearns have joined the line-up for the 2020 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 17 January 2020
Thu 16 January 2020
© BBC Don’t Forget The Driver to make a return trip
Second series for Toby Jones's dark comedy
16/01/2020 … Toby Jones’s comedy Don't Forget The Driver is returning for a second series, Chortle can reveal.
© C4 Sandi Toksvig quits Bake Off after three years
Noel Fielding says he feels like 'Tom Without Jerry'
16/01/2020 … Noel Fielding has said he was left feeling like 'Tom without Jerry' after Sandi Toksvig announced she is quitting the Great British Bake Off.
Comics up for radio's top Aria awards
16/01/2020 … People Just Do Nothing, Chris Ramsey and John Robins and Elis James are among the comics shortlisted for the most prestigious awards in radio.
Wed 15 January 2020
A little less conversation
Tim Vine drops the stand-up to tour as Plastic Elvis
15/01/2020 … Tim Vine is taking his Elvis Presley tribute show on the road.
Spa is just the tonic...
Comedy club expands into Midlands town
15/01/2020 … Just The Tonic comedy club is launching a new venture in Leamington Spa.
© BBC/Zeppotron BBC renews The Ranganation
15/01/2020 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Romesh Ranganathan’s topical comedy show, The Ranganation.
From Mrs Brown's Boys to the Arab-Israeli conflict
Brendan O’Carroll pilots a peacekeepers' comedy for BBC One
15/01/2020 … As the creator of Mrs Brown’s Boys, he is not known for the most subtle of comic touches.