All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Spandau Ballet's Martin and Gary happy to be the butt of more jokes
12/12/2023 … The Kemps hope to make another mockumentary about their post-Spandau Ballet career.
Too Much stars Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe
12/12/2023 … Girls creator Lena Dunham is to shoot a new romcom series in the UK, starring US comic Megan Stalter and White Lotus actor Will Sharpe.
Armageddon shortlisted... even though it's not out yet
12/12/2023 … He’s hosted enough of the ceremonies, and now Ricky Gervais is up for a Golden Globe for his stand-up.
For a series of shows about drumming
11/12/2023 … John Thomson is joining Absolute Radio for a series of festive specials based on his passion for drumming.
Crooked accountant found guilty of £10m fraud on retrial
11/12/2023 … Former Jongleurs boss Marios Lourides has been jailed for ten years, after a retrial found him guilty of multi-million pound fraud.
© Rory Lindsay Peter Serafinowicz's character returns to the stage
11/12/2023 … Peter Serafinowicz has announced more tour dates in the guise of hapless businessman Brian Butterfield.
© Matt Holyoak / Simon Anand Written by Danielle Ward for BBC Three
11/12/2023 … Filming has begun on Daddy Issues, a new six-part BBC Three comedy starring Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood and The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey.
Raising £80,000 for Bolton theatre
11/12/2023 … Peter Kay played three secret intimate gigs in his Bolton hometown yesterday to raise funds for the Octagon theatre.
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