All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© ITV Courtesy of the Edinburgh TV festival
17/08/2021 … Sir Billy Connolly will appear at the Edinburgh Television Festival to receive its lifetime achievement award for his immeasurable contribution to the industry.
17/08/2021 … Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her on-screen sibling Sian Clifford are to discuss their careers as part of a series of talks from leading drama school…
Say People Just Do Nothing creators
17/08/2021 … Comedy is still dominated by white middle-class people, the creators of People Just Do Nothing have claimed.
© C4 Friday Night Dinner, The Vicar Of Dibley, After Life and Sex Education up for best comedy
17/08/2021 … Friday Night Dinner, The Vicar Of Dibley, After Life and Sex Education have been nominated for best comedy in this year’s National Television Awards.
© Darlington Hippodrome Comic to do panto in Darlington
17/08/2021 … Patrick Monahan is to star in pantomime in Darlington this Christmas.
The Golden Triangle heading to Channel 4
16/08/2021 … Desiree Burch is to host a Channel 4 dating show that will set people up for threesomes.
Comic joins The Witcher prequel, along with Lenny Henry
16/08/2021 … Comics Dylan Moran and Lenny Henry have joined the cast of Netflix’s new fantasy prequel The Witcher: Blood Origin.
Leicester Comedy Festival to release wordplay joke book
16/08/2021 … Organisers of the UK Pun Championship are to release a book of one-liners celebrating wordplay.
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