All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Taskmaster day! Meet Katherine Parkinson
15/10/2020 … Why did you sign up to Taskmaster? The truth is I hadn’t watched the show before I did it, but when I got the tasks I got very heavily into it.
© UKTV Taskmaster day! Greg Davies and Alex Horne on the show's return
15/10/2020 … Where did the idea for Taskmaster come from? Alex: Eleven years ago, my wife and I had had a baby, so I didn’t go to Edinburgh Fringe for the first…
© Tiger Aspect Guz Khan comedy wins Broadcast award
14/10/2020 … Man Like Mobeen has been named best comedy at this year’s Broadcasts Digital Awards.
© C4 Seeking accessible breaks in the UK
14/10/2020 … Rosie Jones has recorded a new travel series for Channel 4.
© Just For Laughs Comic to appear alongside Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden on on I Can See Your Voice
14/10/2020 … Jimmy Carr is to be one of the panellists on BBC One’s new primetime music game show I Can See Your Voice.
© CBS Tributes to 'beautiful human' Conchata Ferrell
14/10/2020 … Conchata Ferrell, who played housekeeper Berta in American sitcom Two And A Half Men has died at the age of 77.
EspañYOLO heads for album release
13/10/2020 … Half-Spanish, half-Welsh comic Ignacio Lopez is to record a stand-up special next month.
© BBC Comics sign up to nostalgic TV show
13/10/2020 … A raft of comedians are to take part in a new nostalgia show for BBC Two.
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