Spitting Image heading to the West End
Boris Johnson puppet to star in The Liar King
20/12/2021 … A live version of Spitting Image is set to be stage in London's West End next year.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 20 December 2021
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay The nighttime sector has been 'left to bleed'
New calls for urgent help to save businesses
20/12/2021 … A third of pubs, bars and other hospitality venues fear closure within a month – as the government has been accused of letting the sector ‘bleed’…
Making history...
Greg Jenner's comic You're Dead To Me is BBC's second most popular podcast
20/12/2021 … Greg Jenner’s comedy history show You’re Dead To Me has been named the second most downloaded podcast on BBC Sounds this year.
© UKTV Hypothetical gets a fourth series
Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster's panel show to return
20/12/2021 … Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster are to return for a fourth series of their panel show Hypothetical.
Kunt at No5 in the midweek charts
Have A Word Podcast also make the top 40
20/12/2021 … The Kunts’ sweary Boris Johnson song has entered the midweek chart at No 5.
Sun 19 December 2021
More comedy gigs axed as Omicron rages
Adam Kay and Matt Forde among the cancellations
19/12/2021 … Adam Kay has cancelled his Hammersmith Apollo gig on Wednesday as Covid’s Omicron variant continues to surge.
© Gregor Fischer I re:publica/CC BY-SA 2.0 Graham Linehan: I'm being sidelined from the Father Ted musical
Producers 'fear trans activists will try to shut it down' if he remains involved
19/12/2021 … Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan says he’s been asked to step away from the musical version of his hit sitcom because of his controversial views on trans…
More comics tape Amazon Prime specials
Next series of Soho Theatre Live coming soon
19/12/2021 … Spencer Jones, Luisa Omielan, Suzi Ruffell, Michael Odewale, Olga Koch and Natalie Palamides are to record new Amazon specials, Chortle can reveal.