All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© First Minister Of Scotland Scrapping restrictions 'not set in stone'
08/07/2021 … Nicola Sturgeon has cast new doubt on the Edinburgh Fringe by signalling that the vital relaxation in Covid rules may be delayed.
© Karla Gowett The Stand confirms a nightly stand-up showcase
08/07/2021 … Troy Hawke and Geoff Norcott have been added to the Fringe line-up at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange.
To accompany its live programming
07/07/2021 … Edinburgh Fringe venue Assembly has announced the first comedy shows to be streamed on its Showcatcher video player for this year’s festival.
07/07/2021 … The BBC has announced a new initiative to find and develop the UK’s next animation hit.
Cast in Cinderella alongside Romesh Ranganathan and James Corden
07/07/2021 … James Acaster is to make his movie debut in a new musical take on Cinderella.
BBC orders a second series of Spencer Jones comedy
07/07/2021 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Spencer Jones’s inventive comedy The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk.
'A fun, silly celebration of everything we were missing about normal life'
07/07/2021 … Thirty comedians including Harry Hill, Jack Dee and Miranda Hart, have recorded a charity single for the NHS.
06/07/2021 … A third Paddington film has been confirmed today.
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