All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
200 hours community service for vandal who desecrated memorial to Eurydice Dixon
10/09/2018 … The unrepentant 'anti-feminist' who defaced the memorial to murdered Australian comedian Eurydice Dixon has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
TV airing and short cinema run for Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
09/09/2018 … The BBC is making a one-off comedy movie with Sightseers director Ben Wheatley.
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
09/09/2018 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio… although it’s a relatively quiet one.
Actor played astronaut Roger Healey
09/09/2018 … Bill Daily, best known for playing astronaut Roger Healey in the p1960s sitcom I Dream Of Jeannie, has died at the age of 91.
© Seven Nazeem Hussain heads Orange Is The New Brown
09/09/2018 … Antipodean comics Nazeem Hussain, Urzila Carlson, Becky Lucas, Matt Okine and Broden Kelly, from comedy trio Aunty Donna are to star in a new Australian sketch…
© BBC But will it shorten his 66-1 odds of winning?
09/09/2018 … Seann Walsh made his first appearance on Strictly Come Dancing last night when he was paired with reigning champion Katya Jones.
He played Henry VII in the original series before finding fame in Heartbeat
08/09/2018 … Peter Benson, who played Henry VII in The Black Adder has died at the aged of 75.
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