All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© nstagram/auliarakhman90 Aulia Rakhman sentenced to seven months
11/06/2024 … An Indonesian comedian has been jailed for seven months for making a joke involving the name ‘Muhammad’.
11/06/2024 … Katherine Ryan has extended her Battleaxe tour into the summer 2025.
In My Own Words to look at his career with ‘unflinching honesty’
11/06/2024 … Billy Connolly is to look back at his career in a significant new BBC film.
© BBC This Country star's new series for BBC Three
11/06/2024 … This Country star Charlie Cooper is to front a BBC show looking at Britain’s ‘gloriously bonkers’ rural myths.
Membership scheme for cheap tickets and other offers
11/06/2024 … The biggest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe have combined to offer a membership scheme offering free tickets and cut-price food and drink.
© BBC Grandfather 'had a key role in WW2'
11/06/2024 … Paddy McGuinness is to learn about his family history in the next series of Who Do You Think You Are? In the BBC series, the comedian finds out about his grandfather’s…
About his life as a working farmer
10/06/2024 … Scottish comedian Jim Smith is to front a new Radio 4 show about his day job as a working farmer in Perthshire.
Liverpool's Laughterhouse and London's 21Soho owe thousands
10/06/2024 … Comedians collectively owed thousands of pounds by Liverpool’s Laughterhouse comedy club have gone public with their concerns.
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