All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Broke & Bones Banff festival's Rockie Awards shortlists released
15/03/2023 … British comedies Am I Being Unreasonable? and Cunk on Earth are up for a prestigious international TV award.
...but you'll have to wait until spring 2024
15/03/2023 … Iain Stirling has announced his biggest UK and Ireland tour so far.
Watchdog clears comedian's tour advert
15/03/2023 … Adverts for the touring show Dawn French Is A Huge Twat are not offensive, watchdogs have ruled.
First book combines his loves of hip-hop and baking
15/03/2023 … Romesh Ranganathan is joining the legion of comedians turned children’s authors, with his debut novel out this summer.
© Jiksaw ...in her first non-fiction book, as the Edie Eckhart series also expands
14/03/2023 … Rosie Jones is to write a book advising children how to beat the bullies.
Comic argues the idea of a divine being is so appealing we HAD to invent Him
14/03/2023 … David Baddiel has written a book about atheism, The God Desire – which is described as ‘more understanding of the value and power of religion’…
Revelation on ITV1's DNA Journey
14/03/2023 … Johnny Vegas has discovered that his great-grandparents played a key role in getting corporal punishment banned from schools.
Initiative to encourage reading
14/03/2023 … Shaparak Khorsandi has been announced as one of the ambassadors for World Book Night.
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