New comedy festival announced - for May
Gigs could be back sooner than you think...
22/03/2021 … Comedy festivals are set to return as early as May, with some events already on sale.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 22 March 2021
© C4 Adam & Joe Show comes to Britbox
(Although it's already available for free on All4)
22/03/2021 … All four series of the The Adam & Joe Show are to be released on Britbox next month.
How Douglas Adams came to hate Hitchhikers Guide
...and the TV series he never got to make
22/03/2021 … They are a bunch of oddballs whose popularity has endured for decades, but Douglas Adams came to hate the characters he created for The Hitchhiker’s Guide…
Sun 21 March 2021
Twitter suspends Lee Hurst over crude Greta Thunberg post
21/03/2021 … Lee Hurst has briefly been suspended from Twitter over a crude tweet about Greta Thunberg.
An Empire state of mind
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
21/03/2021 … The best of what's a pretty thin week for comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 20 March 2021
Johnny Vegas launches an 'experimental quiz show'
The week's best comedy on demand
20/03/2021 … The week's best comedy on demand.
It's Rich-ie Gervais
Comedians' firms sitting on £9million in cash
20/03/2021 … Ricky Gervais is sitting on a cash pile of at least £9million, newly filed accounts reveal.
© 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.