Help Dave Gorman set his next crossword
Charity event with master compiler John Halpern
10/02/2021 … Dave Gorman and fellow crossword compiler John Halpern are to crowdsource their next word puzzle.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 10 February 2021
Comic Vince Atta wins a creative fellowship
Help from the Manchester International Festival for his next project
10/02/2021 … Comedian Vince Atta has been awarded a creative fellowship from the Manchester International Festival.
'I'd be very happy to make more Outnumbered'
Just not yet, says star Hugh Dennis
10/02/2021 … Hugh Dennis says he would like Outnumbered to come back – but not for a couple of decades.
© BBC BBC confirms Toast of Tinseltown
Matt Berry's alter-ego is back after six years – and on a new channel
10/02/2021 … The BBC has confirmed that it has picked up a new series of Toast Of London – six years after it last aired on Channel 4.
© BBC Comedians join major Welsh festival
10/02/2021 … Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Jordan Brookes, Lolly Adefope and Tim Key are to take part in a major Welsh festival next month.
Tue 09 February 2021
Father Ted's shopkeeper Mary dies at 67
Tributes paid to Rynagh O'Grady
09/02/2021 … Rynagh O'Grady, who played Craggy Island shop owner Mary O'Leary on Father Ted, has died aged 67.
Radio 4's touch of class
Station orders three stand-up specials with a focus on working-class upbringings
09/02/2021 … Tom Mayhew, Jacob Hawley and George Fouracres are the latest comics to land stand-up specials for Radio 4 – all making reference to their working-class…
Jenny Eclair postpones tour
Now she'll be 61 when she performs Sixty! (FFS!)
09/02/2021 … Jenny Eclair has become the latest comedian to cancel her spring tour dates, moving them to autumn at the earliest.