2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 14 May 2021
Revealed: The laughter capital of the UK
The cities that chuckle the most
14/05/2021 … Sunderland has been dubbed the laughter capital of the UK, after a survey found that Mackems laugh 33 times a day, 43 per cent more than the national average of…
Lucy Pearman makes a 'slice of comic magic realism' for BBC
Filming wraps on Please Help Me
14/05/2021 … Lucy Pearman has made a comedy short for BBC Three.
Simon Bird unveils his first stand-up special
Surprise release on All4 tonight
14/05/2021 … Simon Bird has unveiled his debut stand-up TV special, without ever having performed it in front of an audience.
Thu 13 May 2021
© Sky UK Diane Morgan joins Sky's Intelligence
As do Morgana Robinson, Nick Helm and Alastair Roberts
13/05/2021 … Diane Morgan, Morgana Robinson and Nick Helm have joined the cast of Sky’s GCHQ comedy Intelligence.
James Acaster: I got heckled for talking about mental health
Comic reveals audiences' angry responses to personal material
13/05/2021 … He has won plaudits for talking about his mental health on stage, but James Acaster has revealed that addressing the topic has not always gone down so well with…
© BBC Studios Could Good Omens be resurrected?
Rumours surface of a second series
13/05/2021 … David Tennant and Michael Sheen could be reuniting for new series of Good Omens, it has been reported today.
BBC commissions new radio comedy-drama from Jamie MacDonald
Autobiographical tale of a blind comedian uprooted to a new home
13/05/2021 … Comedian Jamie MacDonald has been commissioned to write a BBC radio comedy-drama based on his his own life.