All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Eduardo Unda-Sanzana/CC BY-SA 2.0 £120,000 crowdfunder launched for a memorial in his Colwyn Bay birthplace
05/09/2024 … Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam are launching a £120,000 GoFundMe crowdfunder to erect a statue to their Monty Python co-star Terry Jones.
05/09/2024 … Suzi Ruffell has written a memoir about coping with anxiety.
© Sky UK Sky renews Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson comedy
05/09/2024 … Sky has ordered a second series of Danny Dyer and Ryan Sampson comedy Mr Bigstuff.
Trailer released for Murder For Dummies
05/09/2024 … Comedy troupe Casual Violence have made a broadcast-quality ‘horror-comedy whodunnit’ series for the web.
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez comedy renewed
05/09/2024 … Only Murders In The Building has been renewed for a fifth season.
Puppet's comedy show inspired by climate change
04/09/2024 … Randy Feltface – the puppet stand-up created by Australian comedian and puppeteer Heath McIvor – is to front his own Radio 4 series.
New kids' comedy series from the BBC
04/09/2024 … The makers of Horrible Histories are to make another educational comedy series, Horrible Science.
Comedy festival finalists announced
04/09/2024 … The line-up has been announced for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award.
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