All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
As founder and chief executive step down
02/02/2023 … Big Difference Company, the charity that produces Leicester Comedy Festival, have announced a new leadership team as chief executive Laura Arends and founder Geoff…
Musical comedy star and 'the lyricist’s lyricist'
02/02/2023 … Cabaret star and prolific composer Kit Hesketh-Harvey has died suddenly at the age of 65.
© Channel 4 Dropped to air on its YouTube comedy channel
01/02/2023 … Channel 4 has commissioned a rap mockumentary, Dropped, to air on its YouTube comedy channel.
© BBC/Remarkable TV ...but who's answering questions on alternative comedy?
01/02/2023 … Suzi Ruffell, Dane Baptiste and Shaparak Khorsandi are among the comedians taking part in the new series of Celebrity Mastermind.
© Fox Hank, Peggy and Bobby all back after 14 years
01/02/2023 … Animated sitcom King Of The Hill is coming back after 14 years.
Temps release a new video to promote Party Gator Purgatory
01/02/2023 … Temps, the 40-strong international music collective put together by James Acaster, are to release their first album.
© J.E.T. 603/CC BY-SA 2.0 ...for a long-delayed Comic Relief sketch
01/02/2023 … Kylie Minogue is to star in Ghosts in a new sketch for Comic Relief.
...as Beckett hosts new TV quiz On Demand
31/01/2023 … Rob & Romesh is to return for fifth series, broadcaster Sky has announced.
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