Beavis and Butt-Head are to return
Animated duo to be 'reimagined for a Gen Z world'
01/07/2020 … Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back to TV, with Comedy Central ordering two new series from creator Mike Judge.
2020 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 01 July 2020
Shappi Khorsandi: Ladette culture stopped us talking about sexual misconduct
Stand-up speaks out about the the comedy industry’s revitalised #MeToo movement
01/07/2020 … Shappi Khorsandi has said that female comedians stayed silent about the ‘horrible stuff’ going on in the comedy circuit in the Nineties partly because…
Tue 30 June 2020
© BBC Fawlty Towers actor Louis Mahoney dies at 81
He played the doctor in The Germans episode
30/06/2020 … Louis Mahoney, who played the doctor in the Fawlty Towers episode The Germans has died at the age of 81.
Curb Your Enthusiasm to return for its 11th series
30/06/2020 … Larry David is to make an 11th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, broadcaster HBO has revealed.
© Alan Light/CC BY-SA 2.0 Carl Reiner dies at 98
30/06/2020 … Comedy legend Carl Reiner has died at the age of 98.
Alex Edelman to release his first album
Comprising 'his 22 favourite jokes'
30/06/2020 … Former Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Alex Edelman is to release his debut comedy album Until Now, which will be released on July 10, is billed as a collection…
Win a chance to make a guest appearance on a hit podcast
Comic Relief prize draw launched
30/06/2020 … Podcast fans are being offered the chance to be a guest on the favourite shows, thanks to a prize draw being run by Comic Relief.
Mon 29 June 2020
© Karla Gowlett Who writes 'unscripted' comedy?
New award to celebrate the top female talent
29/06/2020 … It sounds like an oxymoron - but a new award has been launched for the writers of unscripted comedy.