All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Alan Carr hosts, with several comics on the bill
21/10/2021 … Alan Carr is to host The Royal Variety Performance, it has been announced, with comedians Judi Love, Bill Bailey, Chris McCausland and Josh Widdicombe…
© C4 Joe Lycett, OT Fagbenle and Rob & Romesh Vs also scoop Edinburgh awards
21/10/2021 … We Are Lady Parts has been named best comedy at the Edinburgh TV festival awards.
First show in seven years looks at borders and identity
21/10/2021 … Patrick Kielty has announced a new stand-up tour offering a personal take on borders, national identity and the future of the Union, post-Brexit.
© Allan Warren/Creative Commons Comic planned a challenge-based game show, archive reveals
21/10/2021 … Frankie Howerd could have been an early version of the Taskmaster, newly unearthed documents have revealed.
© Suzy Hazelwood/Pexels Accolade for animated satire mocking American xenophobia
20/10/2021 … Comedy writers Ian Sweeney and Alex Scott have won an award for their sitcom script for a ‘fish-out-of-water animated satire that takes aim at American…
40 dates for Spitting Image impressionist
20/10/2021 … Comedian and impressionist Luke Kempner has announced a 2022 tour.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s show hailed by experts worldwide
20/10/2021 … Fleabag is the greatest comedy of the 21st Century so far, across the entire globe.
New collection of all their Thames TV shows
19/10/2021 … The last TV shows Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise ever made are to be released on DVD.
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