All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Mark Bourdillon / Channel 4 Television Harry Hill and Roisin Conaty in first celebrity special
21/02/2018 … Harry Hill and Roisin Conaty are to appear in the first of The Great British Bake Off celebrity specials.
© UKTV And full line-up revealed for season six
21/02/2018 … UKTV has ordered four more series of Taskmaster for Dave.
© C4 C4 comedy is biggest hit in Northern Ireland in modern times
21/02/2018 … Derry Girls has become one of the biggest ratings hits in Northern Ireland since modern records began in 2002.
First collection of verses in 37 years
21/02/2018 … John Cooper Clarke is to publish his first poetry collection in 37 years – as well as an autobiography revealing his ‘extraordinary life’.
21/02/2018 … Zoe Lyons and Helen Lederer are to empty their closets and attics for a celebrity boot sale show.
Comedians join Regent’s Park open air programme
20/02/2018 … Jimmy Carr, Simon Amstell and Deborah Frances-White’s Guilty Feminist are to play the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre this summer.
© Steve Ullathorne Prize includes BBC mentoring to develop a script
20/02/2018 … Bolton comedian Sophie Willan has been named as the first winner of the BBC’s Caroline Aherne Bursary.
20/02/2018 … The Fieldbounce Music Festival in Shropshire has announced the line-up for its comedy tent.
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