All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Full series for Tom Basden's Here We Go
15/02/2022 … The BBC has commissioned a full series of a family comedy starring Alison Steadman and Katherine Parkinson, following a successful pilot based on the Covid pandemic.
© Matt Writtle Armando Iannucci and Olga Koch also among the winners
14/02/2022 … Mae Martin and her Feel Good co-writer Joe Hampson have won the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for best TV situation comedy.
...as he extends his stand-up tour to more than 100 dates
14/02/2022 … Chris McCausland is to host a new Radio 4 panel show based around sounds.
'What an unforgettable journey it's been'
14/02/2022 … Freddie Flintoff is leaving A League Of Their Own after 12 years.
With Edinburgh previews and two new line-up shows every week
14/02/2022 … London’s West End Comedy Club announced it is doubling the number of shows it stages.
Jo Brand, Andy Parsons,Milton Jones and more
14/02/2022 … Jo Brand, Andy Parsons and Milton Jones are among the comedy headliners for the Henley Festival, it has been announced today.
© Sky UK 14/02/2022 … Eddie Izzard is to star in a new heist series for Disney+.
© GabboT/CC BY-SA 2.0 Credits include Animal House, Twins, Space Jam and so many more
14/02/2022 … Ivan Reitman, the producer and director behind the likes of Ghostbusters and Animal House has died at the age of 75.
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