Comedian elected President
Guatemalans reject traditional politicians
26/10/2015 … Guatemala has elected a comedian as its next president.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 26 October 2015
Frank Skinner hosts a new chat show
Celebrating the joys of iPlayer
26/10/2015 … Frank Skinner is to return to the chat show – hosting a new programme exclusively for the BBC iPlayer.
Blue plaque for Richard Briers
26/10/2015 … A blue plaque honouring Good Life star Richard Briers is to be put up at his childhood home.
Sun 25 October 2015
Catastophe, Detectorists AND Matt Berry...
25/10/2015 … The comedy week ahead.
Sat 24 October 2015
A successor to PG Wodehouse?
Winner of our new comic writer award announced
24/10/2015 … Aspiring writer Tony Wilkes has first won the P.
Fri 23 October 2015
Jack Whitehall to host Royal Variety show
And trio of comics on the bill
23/10/2015 … Jack Whitehall is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance, becoming the youngest ever person to take on the task.
Sharon Horgan triumphs at Irish awards
23/10/2015 … SHARON HORGAN won two Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin last night: for best female performance and for best writer in the oddly combined ‘soap or comedy’…
'You dumb motherf****r, I'm off limits'
23/10/2015 … • 'No one ever has a good experience in a stadium,' Rob Newman, the first comic to play a UK arena gig (with David Baddiel).