All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Channel 5/NBC Dustin Diamond had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
01/02/2021 … Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in 1990s US sitcom Saved by the Bell has died from cancer,.
Year-long contract to work on radio shows
01/02/2021 … BBC Studios has taken on two new staff writers for comedy.
© BBC Comedy's creator leaves the show to join Channel 4
01/02/2021 … Scot Squad creator Joe Hullait is leaving the show to join Channel 4 as a commissioning executive.
Comics confirmed for North Berwick festival
01/02/2021 … Question marks may still remain over what form this year’s Edinburgh Fringe might take… but the nearby Fringe By The Sea has announced its programme.
31/01/2021 … Bill Bailey is to host a new TV panel show… but in New Zealand.
© UKTV Mel Giedroyc's Unforgivable and the rest of the week's comedy on TV and radio
31/01/2021 … The week’s best comedy on TV and radio.
Star eliminated on The Masked Singer
30/01/2021 … Sir Lenny Henry was unveiled as the star inside the Blob costume on The Masked Singer tonight.
© Philip Gatward The week's best comedy on demand
30/01/2021 … The week's best comedy on demand.
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