All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Vice New series about the 'wild west' of the digital era
16/05/2018 … Jamali Maddix is to front a new Channel 4 series about ‘the wild west frontier of our strange new digital era’ Over three hour-long episodes…
Channel 4 commissions pilot with Guilty Feminist podcaster
16/05/2018 … Comedian and Guilty Feminist podcaster Deborah Frances-White is set to front a female-led late-night satirical news show.
With Jayde Adams as her sidekick
15/05/2018 … Sally Phillips and Jayde Adams are piloting a new panel show in which guests draw up new rules of behaviour.
Two stars share a bill in US dates
15/05/2018 … Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart are to tour together.
Comic to appear in new stop-motion animation
15/05/2018 … Paul Whitehouse has signed up to an over-the-top stop-motion horror-comedy animation entitled Chuck Steel: Night Of The Trampires.
Old Man will be his third release
15/05/2018 … Jon Richardson’s latest tour is to be released as a DVD.
© BBC/Hat Trick/Ellis O’Brien New scheme also features Katherine Parkinson's debut
15/05/2018 … Frank Skinner and IT Crowd star Katherine Parkinson are to unveil their first ever plays at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Australian web comedy comes to iPlayer
15/05/2018 … The BBC has bought Australian comedy web series 600 Bottles Of Wine for iPlayer.
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