All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Luigi Novi/CC BY-SA 3.0 Wodehouse prize for comedy books dropped after failing to raise a laugh
16/05/2018 … An annual award for comic novels has been dropped this year – after judges said none of this year's entries were funny enough.
To be taped at Montreal's Just For Laughs
16/05/2018 … Katherine Ryan is to return to her native Canada to host a new stand-up show.
Second TV series announced today...
16/05/2018 … Aisling Bea is to star in yet another TV comedy, with the announcement coming just a couple of hours after Channel 4 confirmed her own series.
Comic is among this year's celebrity line-up
16/05/2018 … Zoe Lyons has been announced as part of the line-up for this year’s Celebrity MasterChef.
Channel 4 confirms comedy co-starring Sharon Horgan
16/05/2018 … Channel 4 has confirmed the Aisling Bea comedy Happy AF, as originally reported by Chortle last month.
Broadcast Digital shortlists out
16/05/2018 … Idris Elba’s comedy In The Long Run is up for its first award.
© BBC As Tracey Breaks The News returns for a second series
16/05/2018 … Here's Tracey Ullman as you've never seen her before: As Michael Gove.
Comedy series Maxx commissioned from Handmaid’s Tale actor O-T Fagbenle
16/05/2018 … Handmaid's Tale actor O-T Fagbenle is to star in a new comedy series about a former boyband star turned drug-shamed tabloid laughing stock.
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