Peter Kay says he's planning a Phoenix Night film... again
Comic revives idea he's been talking about for 18 years
24/09/2023 … Peter Kay has revived hopes of a Phoenix Nights comeback, possibly as a film.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 24 September 2023
© Stuart Hogben Aberystwits
Welsh comedy festival heads the best of this week's live comedy
24/09/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,668 events Chortle currently has listed.
Brassic returns for series 5
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
24/09/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week…: Monday September 25 RICHARD OSMAN'S HOUSE OF GAMES: Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe…
Sat 23 September 2023
© Paul Gilbey Off Menu makes podcast top 3
Success for Ed Gamble and James Acaster's show
23/09/2023 … Ed Gamble and James Acaster's Off Menu is the third most popular podcast in the UK, a new chart reveals.
Fri 22 September 2023
'It's been a distressing week’
Russell Brand says 'question the information you're presented with' in latest video
22/09/2023 … Russell Brand has issued his first video since a number of women came forward to accuse him of rape and sexual assault.
© BBC/20th Television BBC acquires Love, Victor
US teen comedy-drama coming to iPlayer
22/09/2023 … The BBC has acquired all three seasons of American teen comedy-drama Love, Victor from Disney Entertainment.
Liverpudlian stand-up Stevie Faye dies at 95
Comic was a star of ITV's The Comedians
22/09/2023 … Liverpudlian stand-up Stevie Faye – who appeared in more than a dozen episodes of 1970s stand-up showcase The Comedians – has died at the age…
Thu 21 September 2023
© Channel 4 Cast revealed for Channel 4's Partygate
Jon Culshaw is Boris Johnson, among a raft of familiar comedy names
21/09/2023 … Jon Culshaw will provide the voice of Boris Johnson in Channel 4’s new factual drama Partygate.