All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Eamonn Goodfellow will be on sex offenders register for life
30/06/2022 … Comedian Eamonn Goodfellow, who paid to watch children be abused online, has been jailed for four years and nine months The 50-year-old, originally…
Back for 40th year, sponsored by Dave
30/06/2022 … Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards will return to the Fringe this year, organisers have confirmed, ending Jordan Brooke’s record three years as the reigning…
© UKTV Including Sandi Toksvig, Isy Suttie and Hugh Dennis
30/06/2022 … A raft of familiar comedy names will be making guest appearances in the new series of comedy murder mystery Murder, They Hope, broadcaster Gold has announced.
One Woman Show lands her a breakthrough nod
30/06/2022 … Liz Kingsman has been nominated for the South Bank Show’s breakthrough award thanks to her acclaimed One Woman Show.
...and poster firm offers £1,000 marketing bursaries
30/06/2022 … An Edinburgh hotel is offering one Fringe comedian two weeks’ free accommodation during the festival, as long as they make some promotional videos while they…
Comedian says it's ‘a bit bonkers'
30/06/2022 … Comedian Susie McCabe is to make her debut on Question Time tonight.
29/06/2022 … London comedy venue 2Northdown has launched its fourth new act competition.
© Janey Godley/Twitter ‘My cup is full with gratefulness’
29/06/2022 … Janey Godley has announced that she is free of ovarian cancer after her latest scan came back clear.
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