© David Venni Iain Stirling lands a Comedy Central show
25/03/2025 … Comedy Central has ordered a new comedy entertainment show Iain Stirling’s Roast The Internet.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 25 March 2025
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© Trudy Stade Glasgow venue funds comic's Edinburgh Fringe venue
Jack Traynor has his costs met by Blackfriars of Bell Street
24/03/2025 … Glasgow comedy venue Blackfriars of Bell Street has announced it’s funding the Edinburgh Fringe debut of Cumbernauld-born comedian Jack Traynor.
© att Crockett / Hat Trick Productions Smoggie Queens gets a second series
Phil Dunning's 'big old queer show' to return
24/03/2025 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Smoggie Queens.
© Open Mike Manchester’s Lovely Weekend festival returns
24/03/2025 … Manchester’s A Lovely Weekend comedy festival has announced its return from June 6 to 8.
Comics take the main stage at Victorious Festival
Reflecting the 'ever-growing love for comedy'
24/03/2025 … Southsea’s Victorious Festival has announced that it will be putting comedy on its main stage this year.
BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 opens for entries
Fatiha El-Ghorri announced as head judge
24/03/2025 … The BBC New Comedy Awards has opened for entries – as it celebrates its 30th year seeking the best comedians across the UK.
Indian comedy club trashed after political joke
Now police investigate... the comedian!
24/03/2025 … A comedy club in India has been trashed after a stand-up cracked jokes about a local politician, prompting the police to order an investigation… into the…
Sun 23 March 2025
© xpectation TV/Channel4 Time for The Change
The best of the week's comedy on TV, radio and on demand
23/03/2025 … Our pick of the new comedy on TV, radio and streaming this week…: Sunday March 23 KEN DODD: A LEGACY OF HAPPINESS: This 105-minute film about the…