Netflix renews Grace and Frankie
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin return for sixth series in 2020
16/01/2019 … Netflix has renewed the Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin comedy Grace and Frankie for a sixth season.
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Wed 16 January 2019
Mark Watson announces a marathon show – and marathon podcast series
26.2 hours to celebrate the endurance race
16/01/2019 … Mark Watson has officially revealed plans for his next marathon comedy show.
Club bans a white comedian because he has dreadlocks
Venue 'will not tolerate' cultural appropriation
16/01/2019 … A white comedian has been banned from performing a stand-up gig because he has dreadlocks.
Comedians join Dad's Army cast
Tom Rosenthal. Kevin Eldon and Mathew Horne sign up for the platoon
16/01/2019 … The full cast has been revealed for the remake of the missing episodes of Dad’s Army – with Tom Rosenthal.
Tue 15 January 2019
Les Dennis to play another washed-up character
He's a has-been psychic in Sideshow
15/01/2019 … Les Dennis is to play a washed-up psychic in a new comedy movie.
© C4 Second series for Stath Lets Flats
Jamie Demetriou's comedy will return to Channel 4
15/01/2019 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Jamie Demetriou's Stath Lets Flats.
© UKTV Who's on James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s new panel show Hypothetical
Guests and launch date revealed
15/01/2019 … James Acaster and Josh Widdicombe’s new panel show Hypothetical starts on February 6, broadcaster Dave as announced.
'The NY comedy scene lost a true legend today'
Stand-ups pay tribute to William Stephenson
15/01/2019 … The New York comedy circuit is mourning the death of William Stephenson, who died at the age of 61.