Satirical thriller about an activist stand-up is heading to TV
Production company Roughcut buys rights to new novel Goddess
29/03/2022 … A darkly comic novel about a mixed-race stand-up is to be adapted into a TV show.
2022 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 29 March 2022
Melbourne International Comedy Festival comes roaring back
29/03/2022 … The Melbourne International Comedy Festival has launched its 36th year with a gala showcase.
Stewart Lee named 'legend of comedy'
At the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
29/03/2022 … Stewart Lee was named ‘legend of comedy’ at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards last night.
Mon 28 March 2022
Glasgow Comedy Festival 2022 wraps
Sell-out shows to bring event to a close
28/03/2022 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival 2022 has wrapped with sold-out performances from Katherine Ryan, Susie McCabe, Jim Smith and Count Arthur Strong.
Will Smith smacks Chris Rock at the Oscars
Actor reacts to a joke about his wife's hair loss
28/03/2022 … Will Smith hit Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars after the comedian make a joke about his wife’s alopecia.
Sun 27 March 2022
© BBC Detective Romesh Ranganathan
The week's best comedy on TV and radio
27/03/2022 … Here’s our pick of the best comedy programmes on TV, radio and on-demand this week: Sunday March 27 THE MISINVESTIGATIONS OF ROMESH RANGANATHAN: In a…
© Yehor Milohrodskyi/Unsplash Standing Up for Ukraine
The best of the week's live comedy
27/03/2022 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 6,992 events Chortle currently has listed.
© C4 When is the Big Fat Quiz coming back?
Guests revealed for the next special
27/03/2022 … Channel 4 has made another Big Fat Quiz Of Everything.