All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Two Rivers ...and now he's seeking a publisher
07/06/2021 … Frankie Boyle has written his first novel, described as a ‘multicultural, postcolonial’ story about his home city of Glasgow.
© Leo Cackett 07/06/2021 … Actor and comedian Michelle De Swarte has landed the starring role in Sky’s darkly comic horror, The Baby, the broadcaster announced today.
© BBC Or at least Adrian Edmondson will be, with a series of essays
07/06/2021 … Whatever would Vyvyan Basterd say? The psychopathic punk of The Young Ones is heading to the erudite uplands of Radio 3… or at least his…
© zoetnet / Flickr Organisers to open box office amid ongoing uncertainty
07/06/2021 … The Edinburgh Fringe office will be selling the first tickets to this year’s festival from July 1 - despite huge uncertainty about what the event will look…
© BBC Including Dead Ringers, Al Murray and Rhod Gilbert
07/06/2021 … A live version of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers has today been announced as one of the highlights of the London Wonderground programme.
© BBC 
© Sky UK 06/06/2021 … The week’s best new comedy on TV and radio.
06/06/2021 … The best of the week’s live comedy.
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