Crack open the bolly, it's Dame Joanna Lumley
Ab Fab star tipped for New Year honour
26/12/2021 … Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley is set to be made a Dame in the New Year’s Honours, it has been reported.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 26 December 2021
Sat 25 December 2021
Kunt makes No5 again
Boris Johnson song charts high, but Ladbaby hits No1
25/12/2021 … Kunt has made No 5 in the charts for the second year running with his sweary Boris Johnson song.
Fri 24 December 2021
Meet the Toast Of Tinseltown guest stars
24/12/2021 … Here are the first images of some of the guest stars in Toast Of Tinseltown.
Thu 23 December 2021
© C4/Avalon Taskmaster might move away from comedians
Alex Horne considers 'mixing it up'
23/12/2021 … Future series of Taskmaster might not be the sole preserve of comedians.
Felicity Ward and Alfie Brown to tape Amazon Prime specials
Rounding off the next series of Soho Theatre Live
23/12/2021 … Felicity Ward and Alfie Brown have been added to the line-up of Soho Theatre Live stand-up specials to be released on Amazon Prime.
Wed 22 December 2021
Bill Bailey reschedules tour
En Route To Normal takes a detour
22/12/2021 … Bill Bailey has rescheduled all his post-Christmas tour dates because of the soaring number of coronavirus cases.
Armando Iannucci to take on social media
Satirist teases the subject of his next movie
22/12/2021 … Armando Iannucci is planning a satirical movie set in the world of social media.
Amazon specials for Mark Watson and Anuvab Pal
Comics join Soho Theatre Live line-up
22/12/2021 … Mark Watson and Anuvab Pal are to record Amazon Prime stand-up specials next month.