Wells Comedy Festival to return in 2024
08/11/2023 … The Wells Comedy Festival will return for an eighth year in 2024, organisers have announced.
2023 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 November 2023
© Oliver Bowring of Musicarta Media Brian Cox revives Bob Servant for one last time
Succession star back as the third most successful cheeseburger van operator in Dundee
08/11/2023 … Succession star Brian Cox is going from global media tycoon back to cheeseburger van owner as he reprises his role of comedy character Bob Servant for the last time.
© Gary Moyes / BBC Aisling Bea joins Romesh Ranganathan's Avoidance
...as does the comic's own son Alex
08/11/2023 … Aisling Bea has joined the cast of Romesh Ranganathan’s BBC One comedy Avoidance, as filming starts on the second series.
Tue 07 November 2023
Sikisa announces UK tour
Dates for her Hear Me Out stand-up show in 2024
07/11/2023 … Sikisa is to take her second stand-up show, Hear Me Out, on a short UK tour next year.
© ITVX / Golden Path Productions ITV confirms the cast of G'wed
Liverpool-based comedy launching in 2024
07/11/2023 … ITV has announced the cast for its upcoming comedy G’wed which will drop on its ITVX streaming service in early 2024.
© Open Mike Live at the Apollo gets two more series
Stand-up showcase to run at to at least 2025 - its 20th season
07/11/2023 … BBC Two has commissioned two new series of Live at the Apollo.
Ronnie Corbett’s widow Anne Hart dies at 90
Former stage star was married to the comedian fo 50 years
07/11/2023 … Ronnie Corbett’s widow, Anne Hart, has died at the age of 90.
Australia's Peter Jones wins Beat The Frog
Daniel McCreanor runner-up and Qasim Akhtar takes panel prize
07/11/2023 … Australian comedian Peter Jones has won this year’s Beat the Frog World Series, the long-running talent hunt run by Manchester’s Frog and Bucket comedy…