Bafta 2015 nominees out
Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes among them...
08/04/2015 … Stewart Lee, Charlie Brooker and Jessica Hynes are among the comedy stars nominated for Bafta awards today.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 08 April 2015
And the Chortle student people's choice is....
Wildcard semi-finalists also named
08/04/2015 … Lauren Pattison has been voted the People's Choice finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Awards.
Tue 07 April 2015
Suicide of dermatologist 'mocked by sitcom'
Did Fredric Brandt inspire peculiar character?
07/04/2015 … A celebrity dermatologist has taken his own life, after being reportedly left 'devastated' by a sitcom character said to be based him.
E4 trips into parallel-world comedy
Starring Blake Harrison and Richard Gadd
07/04/2015 … The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison and stand-up Richard Gadd are to star in a new E4 comedy-drama set in parallel universes.
Aliens to take over E4
New comedy about space species living alongside us
07/04/2015 … E4 has commissioned a new comedy about a community of aliens living on earth.
Keen for a new series...
07/04/2015 … HELEN KEEN is to make a new Radio 4 comedy show about technology.
Mon 06 April 2015
Netflix snaps up Gervais's next movie
Special Correspondents to debut on demand
06/04/2015 … Ricky Gervais’s next movie is to be released on Netflix.
Taking The Stand
Edinburgh venue announces its Fringe line-up
06/04/2015 … The Stand and Assembly Rooms have announced their line-ups for this year's Edinburgh Fringe.