Edinburgh Fringe chairman steps down
Now the hunt is on for his replacement
03/02/2021 … The chairman of the body that co-ordinates the Edinburgh Fringe is to step down at the end of next month.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 03 February 2021
Zapped over to iPlayer
James Buckley comedy gets a new platform on the BBC
03/02/2021 … Fantasy sitcom Zapped, which was originally made for Dave, has landed on BBC iPlayer.
Rhys Nicholson works on new Australian TV comedy
Funding for Spreadsheet, about a woman methodically plotting her sex life
03/02/2021 … Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson is working on a new comedy series about a woman who uses a database to help her sex life.
Filming starts on Frayed series 2
Sarah Kendall's 1980s comedy to return to Sky
03/02/2021 … Filming has begun on the second series of Sarah Kendall’s Sky comedy series Frayed.
Sian Clifford and Russell Tovey shoot improvised comedy movie
Also starring Richard Herring and Nick Helm
03/02/2021 … Sian Clifford and Russell Tovey have finished filming an improvised comedy film about a family inheritance.
Izzard and Osho join new Netflix drama
Comedians cast in Harlan Coben's Stay Close
03/02/2021 … Comedians Eddie Izzard and Andi Osho have joined the cast of new Netflix drama Stay Close from mystery writer Harlan Coben.
Tue 02 February 2021
© BBC As You Lycett
Joe to make his Shakespearean debut
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett is to make his Shakespearean debut – performing in Macbeth.
© Comic Relief Comedians launch Red Nose Day 2021
Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Lenny Henry join Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench
02/02/2021 … Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Sir Lenny Henry have contributed to a new video to launch this year’s Red Nose Day.