All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC As Edinburgh TV Festival announces nominees for its accolades
08/09/2021 … It might have comprised just three short episodes and shot in a pared-down video diary style, but the Vicar Of Dibley in Lockdown has won the comedy category of…
Family-Friendly Comedian hits the road this autumn
08/09/2021 … Paul Chowdhry has announced a new 22-date tour, called Family-Friendly Comedian… although the subtitle explains: no children.
Second follow-up to the bestselling Sound Of Laughter
08/09/2021 … Peter Kay is writing a third volume of his memoirs, full of anecdotes about his TV work.
Paddy McGuinness says unseen scripts hold up well
08/09/2021 … Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is ready to return, Paddy McGuinness has revealed.
Tributes pour in for an inspirational comedian
07/09/2021 … Lynn Ruth Miller – who laid claim to being the oldest female comedian in the world – has died at the age of 87.
Penned by comic Archie Maddocks
07/09/2021 … Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison is to star in a new play from stand-up comic Archie Maddocks.
New festivals for Leeds and Stockton
07/09/2021 … Leeds and Stockton-on-Tees are to host two new weekend-long comedy festivals from next month.
Goodie responds to Miriam Margolyes' claim he was a 'shit' at Cambridge
07/09/2021 … Bill Oddie has insisted he was not sexist in his student days – after Miriam Margolyes spoke of how she felt belittled when they were in the Footlights…
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