Aisling Bea joins RuPaul’s Drag Race
‘Bringing some comedy to the competition’
31/08/2022 … Aisling Bea is to join RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, the BBC has announced today.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 31 August 2022
© UKTV Photography exhibition to showcase UKTV publicity shots
Pop-up event in London next month
31/08/2022 … Publicity shots commissioned for UKTV channels are to go on display at a free photography exhibition in Central London.
Apple keeps Trying
Fourth series for Esther Smith and Rafe Spall comedy
31/08/2022 … Apple TV+ has renewed Esther Smith and Rafe Spall’s comedy Trying for a fourth series.
Tue 30 August 2022
© BBC Mrs Brown's Boys to return for a series in 2023
The first non-festive episodes in a decade
30/08/2022 … Mrs Brown’s Boys star Fiona O’Carroll has confirmed that the sitcom will return as a ‘mini-series’ of four episodes next year.
Just For Laughs launches VR comedy shows
New tie-up with Facebook owner Meta
30/08/2022 … A number of comedy shows are to be available in virtual reality, thanks to a new collaboration between the Just For Laughs festival and Facebook owner Meta.
Louis CK to be the subject of a new documentary
Where are we at five years after #MeToo?
30/08/2022 … Louis CK’s fall from grace – and his subsequent rebuilding of his comedy career – is to be charted in a new documentary.
© Bobby Ball Foundation/Twitter He'd have been piggin' chuffed...
9ft statue to Bobby Ball unveiled
30/08/2022 … A 9ft statue of Bobby Ball has been unveiled in his Lancashire hometown.
Leicester Comedy Festival announces first shows of 2023
Including Stewart Lee, Sophie Duker and Hal Cruttenden
30/08/2022 … The first shows have gone on sale for next year’s Leicester Comedy Festival.