All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Patrick Olner Comic says he doesn't have the same hunger as his Marion & Geoff days
26/05/2023 … Rob Brydon says his days of writing scripted comedy are behind him as he no longer has the hunger to prove himself.
© C4 26/05/2023 … Channel 4 has ordered a third series of Jimmy Carr gameshow I Literally Just Told You.
Comic claims 'exceptional hardship' after being caught speeding
26/05/2023 … Jim Davidson has appeared at Southampton Crown Court in a bid to reverse a 12-month driving ban for speeding.
Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host What Just Happened?
26/05/2023 … Robin Morgan and Kiri Pritchard-McLean are to front a new topical panel show for BBC Radio Wales.
© Jacqui Double Friends to celebrate comic's life as his health fails
26/05/2023 … Friends of alternative comedy pioneer Tony Allen are organising a farewell gig for him after he was diagnosed with cancer.
Comic says the press misrepresented him
25/05/2023 … John Cleese has denied reports that the ‘Loretta’ scene is going to be cut from the stage version of Monty Python’s Life Of Brian for fear it’s…
With Gyles Brandreth, Josie Long, Suzi Ruffell and Nina Wadia
25/05/2023 … Scala Radio’s Classical Comedy Club is returning for a second series.
Ahead of a West End run of The Old Man & The Pool
25/05/2023 … Mike Birbiglia is to bring his latest one-man show The Old Man & The Pool to the Edinburgh Fringe and the West End, it has been announced.
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