© UKTV Imagine... Sir Lenny's life
Henry to be the subject of BBC One's arts documentary
19/10/2019 … Sir Lenny Henry is to be the subject of a prestigious BBC One Imagine… documentary.
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Jim Jefferies set to star in his own US sitcom
Playing a fictionalised version of himself
18/10/2019 … Jim Jefferies is set to star in his own American sitcom.
Finally! Red Dwarf movie IS happening
Feature-length special for Dave
18/10/2019 … The long-awaited Red Dwarf movie is finally happening.
Thu 17 October 2019
West Didsbury gets a comedy festival
30 gigs over a weekend in Manchester suburb
17/10/2019 … West Didsbury is to get its own comedy festival.
Comic Relief launches its own comedy club.
17/10/2019 … Comic Relief has launched its own comedy club.
© Mohamed Hassan Netflix scales back its spending on stand-up
17/10/2019 … Netflix is scaling back its investment in stand-up that has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the top end of the business.
James Veitch gets a peach of a job
Hosting the Bafta Britannia Awards in LA
17/10/2019 … British comedian James Veitch has scored a major coup – by being asked to host this year’s Bafta Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.
Tim Key and Daisy-May Cooper to star in Witchfinder comedy
'One of the best double-acts in British comedy'
17/10/2019 … Tim Key and This Country star Daisy May Cooper are to star in a new BBC Two comedy about a witchfinder and his suspect.