Jen Brister’s The Optimist to be released as a stand-up special
First as 'pay what you want'... then for free
26/10/2023 … Jen Brister’s latest stand-up show The Optimist is to be put out as a special next month.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 26 October 2023
Work set to start on Colin From Accounts series 2
Production had stalled over Hollywood writers strike
26/10/2023 … Production is to start on the second series of Colin From Accounts ‘in the coming months’.
© Channel 4/Avalon Kiell Smith-Bynoe takes over The Great British Sewing Bee
As Sara Pascoe welcomes her second child
26/10/2023 … Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe is to take over from Sara Pascoe as host of The Great British Sewing Bee.
Wed 25 October 2023
Jessica Fostekew announces 2024 tour
25/10/2023 … Jessica Fostekew has announced her biggest tour so far, with 40 dates of her new show Mettle across the UK next year.
Top agent under investigation over 'hurtful' tweets
Kitty Laing apologises after being accused of 'sharing hateful crap'
25/10/2023 … Top comedy agent Kitty Laing is being investigated by her employers after retweeting a number of social media posts that have been slammed as antisemitic.
Harry Hill pens a new children's book
How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year
25/10/2023 … Harry Hill is writing a new children’s book, entitled How To Be Silly Every Day Of The Year.
© Katerina Holmes/Pexels A GSOH is no benefit it the dating game
Scientists find you can't laugh a partner into bed
25/10/2023 … Being funny or having a good sense of humour doesn’t necessarily make you a hit with a potential partner, scientists have found.
Leicester Comedy Festival will be the biggest yet
25/10/2023 … Leicester Comedy Festival launches its brochure today with a record number of shows.