Tim Key joins Chortle Comedy Book Festival
Alongside Robin Ince, Richard Herring, Geoff Norcott and more
11/01/2023 … Tim Key has joined the line-up for the Chortle Comedy Book Festival.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 11 January 2023
Comedians come to blows...
Northern Ireland stand-ups in charity boxing bouts
11/01/2023 … Some of Northern Ireland’s top comedians are to ‘knock the bollix out of each other’ in a charity boxing event Paddy McDonnell, Micky Bartlett…
Obscure Peter Sellers movie drops on Netflix
Comic plays a gay shopkeeper in Roman Polanski's A Day At The Beach
11/01/2023 … An obscure Peter Sellers performance in a film written by Roman Polanski and lost for decades has turned up on Netflix.
Tue 10 January 2023
© BBC Comedians take part in Bridge Of Lies
Celebrity specials for Ross Kemp's game show
10/01/2023 … Susan Calman, Jon Culshaw, Shazia Mirza and John Thomson are to take part in a special comedians’ edition of BBC quiz show Bridge Of Lies.
Bad Education exec Ben Cavey joins 42
New LA job with management and production compan
10/01/2023 … TV executive Ben Cavey has joined Los Angeles and London-based management and production company 42 as head of comedy.
© Banjay Alan Carr 'to join Britain's Got Talent'
Comedian named as new judge to replace David Walliams
10/01/2023 … Alan Carr is to replace David Walliams as a Britain’s Got Talent judge, it has been reported.
Mo Gilligan to host the Brit Awards again
Comic back at the O2 for a second year
10/01/2023 … Mo Gilligan is to host the Brit Awards for the second year running.
© Avalon/ITV Laura Whitmore joins hubby Iain Stirling in Buffering
Other series 2 guest stars include Emily Atack and Sophie Duker
10/01/2023 … Former Love Island host Laura Whitmore has landed an acting role – in husband Iain Stirling’s sitcom.