© BBC Comic Relief raises £52million
Stars come out for Red Nose Day again
20/03/2021 … This year’s Red Nose Day telethon raised just over £52million for Comic Relief.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 20 March 2021
© BBC Fri 19 March 2021
Avon calling!
The Bristol Comedy Festival is back - with a star line-up
19/03/2021 … Bristol’s Comedy Garden will be back in June, organisers have announced, with a line-up including Simon Amstell, Dara O’Briain, Sara Pascoe and Nish…
Jack Whitehall writes a travel book
...with the help of his mum and dad
19/03/2021 … Jack Whitehall has written a 'how to travel' book – with help from his mum and dad.
Andrew Doyle joins GB News
Regular slot for 'anti-woke' comedian
19/03/2021 … Anti-‘woke’ comedian Andrew Doyle is to join new TV channel GB News.
Thu 18 March 2021
BBC creates a new comedy commissioner
Hannah Rose to work out of Salford as Corporation shifts away from London
18/03/2021 … The BBC has created a new comedy commissioner, to be based in Salford.
© Mynavi News/CC BY-SA 3.0 Olympic chief: 'Let's dress this comedian as a pig'
Tokyo organiser quits over 'huge insult'
18/03/2021 … The creative chief of the Tokyo Olympics has been forced to quit after suggesting a female comedian be lowered into the stadium dressed as a pig.
© BBC Catherine Tate's Nan is back
...in a Comic Relief sketch with Daniel Craig as 007
18/03/2021 … Catherine Tate’s Nan is to make a TV comeback – to interrogate James Bond.
Wed 17 March 2021
© Matt Stronge Lloyd Griffith announces rescheduled tour dates
17/03/2021 … Lloyd Griffith has announced the rescheduled dates for his Not Just A Pretty Face tour.