All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Guy Levy Comic at No 3 on the leaderboard
19/10/2024 … Chris McCausland won 35 points from Strictly's judges tonight - his best score in five weeks of the hit BBC show.
33 dates for Englandia in 2025
18/10/2024 … Paul Chowdhry has announced his biggest tour yet.
© Mariana Feijo ...after founder Lynne Parker is named 'most inspiring businesswoman'
18/10/2024 … Funny Women is rolling out its comedy networking scheme The Glitter Project to six English regions, following its success at the Edinburgh Fringe.
As new parent company ComediHa! rebrands as Just For Entertainment
18/10/2024 … Quebec’s comedy festival is to be renamed Just For Laughs after its organisers snapped up the brand name.
© BBC Guz Khan returns for a fifth run
18/10/2024 … Filming has begun on the fifth and final series of Gus Khan’s Man Like Mobeen.
Returning to London's Leicester Square
17/10/2024 … The line-up has been announced for the 20th anniversary season of the La Clique cabaret and burlesque show, which returns to London this Christmas.
AppleTV+ renews Jason Segel, Brett Goldstein and Bill Bill Lawrence comedy
17/10/2024 … Apple TV+ has ordered a third series of Shrinking, the therapy-based comedy co-created by Brett Goldstein.
Roy Wood Jr takes the chair in presidential election week
17/10/2024 … The host of the American version of Have I Got News For You is to host the BBC original.
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