Lucy Beaumont announces first tour
25 dates for The Trouble And Strife
25/01/2023 … Lucy Beaumont has announced her first-ever tour.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 25 January 2023
Tue 24 January 2023
Bruno Tonioli joins Britain's Got Talent panel
Alan Carr does't land the judge's job after all...
24/01/2023 … Bruno Tonioli has been confirmed as the new judge as filming starts on the next series of Britain's Got Talent.
© UKTV The Island is deserted
Dave channel drops Tom Allen-fronted format
24/01/2023 … Tom Allen-fronted comedy format The Island has been cast away after one series.
New podcast for Ben Bailey Smith
Psychoanalysing TV's most complex characters
24/01/2023 … Comic and rapper Ben Bailey Smith is to host a new podcast series set looking at the most complex characters on TV.
© UKTV We Are Not Alone heads for the US
The Roku Channel buys UK sci-fi comedy
24/01/2023 … Sci-fi comedy We Are Not Alone is heading to America.
Mon 23 January 2023
Tom Binns sentencing delayed
Case adjourned for comic who admitted possessing child pornography
23/01/2023 … Tom Binns’s sentencing for possessing child pornography has been postponed until a later date.
Katie Hopkins thinks she's a comedian now
Hatemonger defies protests to stage a 'comedy' tour
23/01/2023 … She may be better known for spreading hate than joy – but Katie Hopkins is to embark on a comedy tour.
Aisling Bea creates a Jameson whiskey ad campaign
...all about responsible drinking
23/01/2023 … Aisling Bea has created a series of adverts for Irish whiskey Jameson promoting responsible drinking.