© Fox/Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Dr Hibbert gets an authentic black voice
23/02/2021 … Simpsons physician Dr Hibbert is to be voiced by a black actor for the first time from this weekend.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 February 2021
© Fox/Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 3.0 Mon 22 February 2021
Comedy clubs could be back on May 17
Boris Johnson unveils roadmap for releasing Covid restrictions
22/02/2021 … Indoor live comedy could resume as early as May 17 under Boris Johnson’s roadmap to release lockdown.
Netflix special for Loyiso Gola
Unlearning taped in his native Cape Town
22/02/2021 … Loyiso Gola has recorded his first full-length Netflix special.
Rose Matafeo gets a Radio 3 platform
'I get to look smart and sophisticated'
22/02/2021 … Rose Matafeo has curated a fantasy classical music concert for Radio 3.
© C4 Derry Girls series 3 to be filmed this year
'It'll be worth the wait' says star Nicola Coughlan
22/02/2021 … The next series of Derry Girls will finally be filmed this year, star Nicola Coughlan has confirmed.
Leicester Comedy Festival sells 20,000 tickets
'In some ways, it's the best year ever'
22/02/2021 … Leicester Comedy Festival organisers are hailing this year’s virtual event a success after selling more than 20,000 tickets.
Sun 21 February 2021
© Channel 4 Celebs do stand-up
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
21/02/2021 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.
Sat 20 February 2021
© C4/Screengrab Natasia Demetriou joins Alice Lowe's Timestalker
20/02/2021 … Natasia Demetriou has joined the cast of the next film from Prevenge director Alice Lowe.