Frank Skinner awarded the MBE
'I thought it might have been an administrative error'.
30/12/2022 … Frank Skinner has been made an MBE in the New Year Honour’s list.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 30 December 2022
Thu 29 December 2022
© World Affairs Council of Philadelphia/CC BY-SA 2.0 Bill Cosby: I'm going back to stand-up next year
Comic says: 'There is so much fun to be had'
29/12/2022 … Bill Cosby is planning a stand-up tour next year – despite having more than 60 women testify that he sexually abused him.
Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean launch relationship podcast
29/12/2022 … Catherine Bohart and Larry Dean have today launched a new comedy relationship advice podcast, Shared Baggage.
Wed 28 December 2022
© BBC John Bird, 'one of the last pillars of the anti-establishment’, dies at 86
Tributes to groundbreaking satirist
28/12/2022 … Tributes have been paid to veteran satirist John Bird, who has died at the age of 86.
Mon 26 December 2022
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 Prince Andrew finally faces the music
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
26/12/2022 … The best of the week’s comedy on TV, radio and on demand… Monday December 26 DETECTORISTS: Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are back after five…
© Netflix Netflix sets a date for Chris Rock's live stand-up special
Comedian to achieve a first in March
26/12/2022 … Chris Rock’s live Netflix special will air on March 4, the streaming service has announced.
© BBC Radio 4's become 'too glum'
Controller pilots new comedy shows to counter the misery
26/12/2022 … Radio 4 is ramping up its comedy ambitions after a year of misery.
Sat 24 December 2022
© BBC / Alan Peebles Six new Mrs Brown's Boys episodes for 2023
Brendan O’Carroll planning a mini-series plus two Christmas specials
24/12/2022 … Mrs Brown's Boys will be returning for six episodes in 2023, creator Brendan O’Carroll has revealed.