SNL announces its next guest hosts
Miles Teller, Brendan Gleeson and Megan Thee Stallion
21/09/2022 … The first three guest hosts of the next series of Saturday Night Live – its 48th– have been announced.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 21 September 2022
Alex Horne to host Rose d'Or
Taskmaster creator lined up for international TV awards
21/09/2022 … Alex Horne is to host this year’s international Rose d’Or TV awards.
© Manuel Harlan Reece Shearsmith comes to the West End
In The Unfriend, directed by Mark Gatiss
21/09/2022 … Inside No 9’s Reece Shearsmith is heading to the West End, starring in a new comedy from former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat.
Sun 18 September 2022
© BBC/Broke & Bones Philomena Cunk returns... to look at the whole of human civilisation
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
18/09/2022 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand - with the schedules hopefully now settled following the death of the Queen… Monday September…
Stewart Lee unveils his new stand-up show
18/09/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 4,799 events Chortle currently has listed.
Sat 17 September 2022
Learn comedy from Sir Billy Connolly
Stand-up legend offers £80 courses via the BBC
17/09/2022 … Sir Billy Connolly is to become a comedy tutor.
Fri 16 September 2022
© ITV Second Christmas special for Lost Voice Guy
Showcasing ‘some of the UK's best headliners’
16/09/2022 … Lost Voice Guy is to host a second showcase of stand-up comics for ITV.
© ITV/Avalon Iain Stirling's Buffering to return
16/09/2022 … ITV2 has ordered a second series of Iain Stirling’s millennial flatshare sitcom Buffering.