All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
'Roastmaster General' comic strenuously denies allegations
23/06/2020 … American comedian Jeff Ross has strongly denied allegations that he had a relationship with an underage girl more than 20 years ago.
Lockdown is eased, but not for theatres
23/06/2020 … Boris Johnson has given the green light for theatres to re-open, but not for stand-up comedy.
Angling series gets a second airing this summer
23/06/2020 … Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse’s angling show is to be repeated on Dave.
Only Murders In The Building revolves around true-crime fans
23/06/2020 … US streaming service Hulu has released more details of the new TV comedy from Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Taking over from DJ Greg James
23/06/2020 … Katherine Ryan is to take over as the host of Comedy Central’s clip show Most Ridiculous.
'Intent is not a free pass for white people to use these images'
23/06/2020 … Tina Fey has pulled some episodes of 30 Rock from on-demand services because of blackface.
Ricky Gervais says 'I've already made my mind up'
23/06/2020 … Ricky Gervais says he will bring After Life to an end after the forthcoming third series – whatever fans and Netflix want.
Roll-call of 2020's competitors released
22/06/2020 … Funny Women has announced a long list of names going forward to the virtual heats in their Stage Award.
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