Rhys James announces 2023 tour
22/09/2022 … Rhys James has announced a new stand-up tour for 2023.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 22 September 2022
Radio 4 'should be made to air more comedy'
Call for quotas as output falls 17 per cent
22/09/2022 … Producers are demanding that broadcast watchdogs order Radio 4 to broadcast a minimum amount of comedy each year, after output fell 17 per cent.
Wed 21 September 2022
Naked Gun! spoofers turn to Nordic noir
New parody series in the pipeline
21/09/2022 … The film-makers behind The Naked Gun and Airplane! franchisse are to make a new spoof Scandi-noir series with the BBC.
John Oliver: Sky was 'pretty shitty' to censor my Queen jokes
Period of mourning was 'very strange'
21/09/2022 … John Oliver has said it was ‘pretty shitty’ of Sky to censor his jokes about the response to the Queen’s death.
© Aemen Sukkar Tom Allen announces more Completely tour dates
21/09/2022 … Tom Allen has announced another 19 dates in his Completely tour, taking him up to the end of October 2023.
© BBC Rob Beckett to host BBC One’s Unbreakable
Celebrities – including comic Stephen Bailey - put their relationships to the test
21/09/2022 … Rob Beckett is to host BBC One’s new format Unbreakable, in which six celebrity couples are put through ‘mental, physical and emotional challenges’…
© UKTV Greg Davies to co-star in Alex Horne's new TV show
With Tim Key, John Oliver, Desiree Burch and others
21/09/2022 … Alex Horne will again appear alongside Taskmaster Greg Davies in his new Channel 4 programme, The Horne Section TV Show.
James Acaster launches a 'true' crime podcast
Based on the wire recordings of undercover cop Pat Springleaf
21/09/2022 … James Acaster is making a spoof true crime podcast, to be financed by crowdfunding.