BBC Comedy launches regional partnership scheme for Wales
25/05/2023 … BBC Comedy has launched a second regional partnership scheme, this time in Wales, to encourage local talent.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 25 May 2023
Sitcom Geeks podcast to end
Dave Cohen and James Cary call time after eight years and 222 episods
25/05/2023 … Sitcom Geeks, the podcast for comedy writers, is to end after eight years.
Hotly-tipped comic talents get a BBC break
Broadcaster announces its Comedy Collective bursary winners
25/05/2023 … The BBC has today named ten promising comedy creatives to receive a ‘supercharged’ bursary to boost their work.
© Amazon Studios Amazon announces comics for LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland
Including Aisling Bea, Deirdre O'Kane, Jason Byrne and Catherine Bohar
25/05/2023 … Aisling Bea, Jason Byrne and Catherine Bohart are among the comedians taking part in reality format LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland.
Meet the UK's funniest class of 2023
Beano reveals the top ten jokes
25/05/2023 … A Nottinghamshire school has been named the UK’s funniest class by Beano comic, thanks to their joke: ‘What happened to the math teacher’s garden?…
Wed 24 May 2023
© BBC Give us a (tax) break, says BBC's 'chief corporate clown'
Director of comedy Jon Petrie calls for HMRC help for the genre
24/05/2023 … BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has called for tax relief for producers making TV comedy.
© BBC BBC orders Dinosaur, with Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman
Six episodes following a successful pilot last year
24/05/2023 … The BBC has ordered a full series of Dinosaur, the sitcom starring stand-up Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman in her 30s whose life is turned upside-down when…
Ellie & Natasia renewed
Six more episodes of BBC sketch show from Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou
24/05/2023 … Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou’s sketch show is to return to the BBC.