All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Video goes viral as Irish vote looms
29/04/2015 … Brendan O'Carroll has lent his support to gay marriage by releasing a sincere video calling for equality, in the guise of Mrs Brown.
© BBC 29/04/2015 … Peter Kay’s Car Share has broken records on the BBC iPlayer.
Marc Wootton and Kayvan Novak sign up for Counterfeit Cat
29/04/2015 … Marc Wootton and Kayvan Novak are to voice a new animated comedy series for satellite channel Disney XD.
Let the comic see the cobbles...
29/04/2015 … Paddy McGuinness has landed a guest role in Coronation Street.
© BBC 28/04/2015 … Sandi Toksvig is quitting Radio 4’s The News Quiz after 28 series at the helm.
28/04/2015 … Comic ventriloquist Keith Harris, best known for performances with his puppet Orville, has died at the age of 67, his agent has said.
Not phone-hacking, a new Kayvan Novak comedy
28/04/2015 … Forget phone-hacking – Kayvan Novak is making a new comedy show in which he imagines the messages left on the answerphones of famous people.
Scottish Comedy Award winners named
27/04/2015 … Still Game has scooped two prizes at the second Scottish comedy awards.
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