Best in Class picks its working-class heroes
09/02/2024 … The line-up for Best in Class 2024 – a crowd-funding, profit-sharing initiative that helps bring working class comedians to the Edinburgh Fringe…
2024 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 09 February 2024
Matt Forde reveals he can't walk after cancer treatment
But comic hopes to be back on his feet soon
09/02/2024 … Matt Forde has told fans he is currently unable to walk following his cancer treatment, Last year, the political comedian revealed he had a spinal tumour…
Janey Godley to tour with her film
Stand-up and Q&As to accompany new documentary
09/02/2024 … Janey Godley has confirmed the dates where she will be performing stand-up to accompany the new documentary film about her life.
© UKTV Adrian Edmondson to explore his Bottom
New retrospective for the Gold channel
09/02/2024 … Adrian Edmondson is to give his first-hand account of how he and Rik Mayall made Bottom in a new two-hour programme.
Thu 08 February 2024
© BBC Black Ops named best TV comedy
Other Broadcast Awards for Joe Lycett, the Russell Brand investigation, and The 1% Club
08/02/2024 … Black Ops has been named best comedy at this year’s Broadcast Awards.
Underbelly announces its first Fringe shows of 2024
Edinburgh gigs on sale already
08/02/2024 … Underbelly has announced its first tranche of shows for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Final Chortle Award nominees revealed
08/02/2024 … The final nominees in the 2024 Chortle Awards can now be revealed.
Russell Brand loses his bid to shut village pub
Sinister puppets of the military-industrial complex most likely orchestrating it all
08/02/2024 … It might not be the biggest issue on his mind, Russell Brand has lost his bid to turn his local pub into offices and a recording studio.