All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© C4 Which comedies are up for gongs?
05/03/2019 … Some of the best comedies of the past year, from Detectorists to Derry Girls (pictured) and Car Share to Famalam, have been shortlisted for Royal Television Society…
Including comedians taking on University Challenge
05/03/2019 … The BBC has revealed the full details of its Red Nose Day programming next Friday.
© BBC/Two Brothers As Warren and Alan Partridge audiences tumble
05/03/2019 … The return of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag attracted 1.
‘It’s wonderfully violent - and it's allegedly for children'
05/03/2019 … Comedian John Robertson has written his first novel.
The Independent admits misleading readers... but only if you look really hard
05/03/2019 … The Independent has admitted that the ‘comedian’ who wrote an article slating the circuit as a hotbed of racism and sexism was no such thing.
© BBC/Studio71 Comics in new BBC series about menstruation
04/03/2019 … The BBC is making a new series based entirely around period jokes.
Publisher reveals which comedian is behind the 'woke' parody
04/03/2019 … She is a Twitter sensation who has won 188,000 followers for her uncompromising opinions on what it takes to be a woke social justice warrior in the 21st Century.
Faye Treacy is a weekend host on Scala
04/03/2019 … Comic Faye Treacy has been unveiled as one of the presenters on new national classical music station Scala, which launched today.
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