Simon Day revives Dave Angel
Eco-warrior back for Utilita Energy ad campaign
15/10/2021 … Simon Day’s ‘eco warrior’ creation Dave Angel is making a comeback for a new advertising campaign about saving energy.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 15 October 2021
Thu 14 October 2021
© Matt Stronge Comedy clubs step up to the West End
New project to promote live stand-up
14/10/2021 … Four comedy clubs are moving to London’s West End, each for one night only, in a bid to boost their post-lockdown finances.
© Yoshitaka Kono Kae Kurd to host Edinburgh TV awards
...which will honour Killing Eve's Jodie Comer
14/10/2021 … Kae Kurd is to host this year’s Edinburgh TV Awards, it has been announced.
© CBS Brett Goldstein writes new Apple TV+ comedy
Shrinking reunites him with Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence
14/10/2021 … Brett Goldstein is writing a new comedy for Apple TV+ with his Ted Lasso colleague Bill Lawrence.
Wed 13 October 2021
© BBC Robert Webb quits Strictly Come Dancing
'I've bitten off way more than I could chew,' says star, two years after heart operation
13/10/2021 … Robert Webb has quit Strictly Come Dancing because of his heart problems.
© Netflix Netflix reinstates trans employee who criticised Dave Chappelle
...but insists it was nothing to do with her tweets
13/10/2021 … Netflix has reinstated an employee who criticised Dave Chappelle’s latest special for transphobia.
Shrill star Patti Harrison to make her UK stand-up debut
Comic 'poised to become the most visible working trans comedian in America’
13/10/2021 … American actress and comedian Patti Harrison is to make her UK stand-up debut next month She appears in Shrill alongside Aidy Bryant and Lolly Adefope…
John Bishop to become ITV's Mr Saturday Night
Big new show with interviews and guest stand-ups
13/10/2021 … John Bishop is to front a major new Saturday-night ITV show, featuring stand-ups from around the world.