New tour for Paul Chowdhry
Family-Friendly Comedian hits the road this autumn
08/09/2021 … Paul Chowdhry has announced a new 22-date tour, called Family-Friendly Comedian… although the subtitle explains: no children.
2021 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 September 2021
Peter Kay writes a third volume of memoirs
Second follow-up to the bestselling Sound Of Laughter
08/09/2021 … Peter Kay is writing a third volume of his memoirs, full of anecdotes about his TV work.
Max And Paddy are ready to roll again
Paddy McGuinness says unseen scripts hold up well
08/09/2021 … Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is ready to return, Paddy McGuinness has revealed.
Tue 07 September 2021
Lynn Ruth Miller dies at 87
Tributes pour in for an inspirational comedian
07/09/2021 … Lynn Ruth Miller – who laid claim to being the oldest female comedian in the world – has died at the age of 87.
New play for Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison
Penned by comic Archie Maddocks
07/09/2021 … Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison is to star in a new play from stand-up comic Archie Maddocks.
Comedians get some Northern exposure
New festivals for Leeds and Stockton
07/09/2021 … Leeds and Stockton-on-Tees are to host two new weekend-long comedy festivals from next month.
I was no sexist, Bill Oddie says
Goodie responds to Miriam Margolyes' claim he was a 'shit' at Cambridge
07/09/2021 … Bill Oddie has insisted he was not sexist in his student days – after Miriam Margolyes spoke of how she felt belittled when they were in the Footlights…
Film award for Ian Cognito documentary
Tribute to comedian hailed in Los Angeles
07/09/2021 … A documentary about British stand-up Ian Cognito has won a film award in Los Angeles The 73-minute piece, Ian Cognito: A Life And A Death On Stage, has been named…