© Matt Crockett Access Festival of online comedy returns
17/01/2024 … Mark Watson is curating a second Access Festival of online gigs, via streaming platform NextUp.
2024 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 17 January 2024
© Matt Crockett Tue 16 January 2024
Tony Robinson to reunite with Blackadder writers
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton guest on his Cunningcast
16/01/2024 … Sir Tony Robinson is to reunite with Blackadder writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton in the new series of his histpru podcast.
Aurie Styla lands Radio 4 show
Stand-up takes a trip though the history of gadgets
16/01/2024 … Aurie Styla is recording a new Radio 4 series about tech.
Succession, The Bear and Beef dominate the Emmys
16/01/2024 … Three high-pressure comedy-dramas – Succession, The Bear and Beef – dominated last night’s 75th Primetime Emmy Awards .
Mon 15 January 2024
© Jonathan Jacob / Channel 4 Johnny Vegas: How glamping project took its toll
Comedian had to stop filming as it affected his mental health
15/01/2024 … Johnny Vegas had to call a halt to filming on the second series of Carry On Glamping because it was taking too much of a toll on his mental health.
© RDNE Stock project / Pexels Revealed: How men and women find different things funny
According to new academic research
15/01/2024 … Men and women have notably different senses of humour, new academic research has found.
Adam Hills joins Slapstick Festival
Offering his 'Desert Island Comedy Flicks'
15/01/2024 … Last Leg presenter Adam Hills is joining the line-up for Bristol’s next annual Slapstick festival of screen comedy.
A host of comedians land Radio 4 shows
...including a purple puppet and ex-Women's Hour producer Lorna Rose Treen parodying the format
15/01/2024 … Radio 4 has announced a raft of new comedy shows featuring the likes of Randy Feltface, Geoff Norcott and Lorna Rose Treen.