© BBC Still Game was the most-watched show in Scotland last year
Comedy attracted one in four of the entire population
07/08/2019 … An episode of Still Game was the most-watched TV programme in Scotland last year.
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Wed 07 August 2019
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'Institutionalised paranoia has corrupted us'
Chris Morris talks about his new film, as a trailer is released
07/08/2019 … Chris Morris has spoken about his new film, The Day Shall Come, as the first trailer has been released.
Nicholas Parsons misses another Just A Minute taping
Comic, 95, said to be suffering from a bad back
07/08/2019 … Nicholas Parsons missed a recording of Radio 4’s Just A Minute last night after falling ill.
Atlanta renewed for a fourth season
Donald Glover's comedy to return
07/08/2019 … Donald Glover's comedy series Atlanta has been renewed for a fourth series.
Tue 06 August 2019
© John Fleming Malcolm Hardee Awards make a comeback
Celebrating anarchic spirit at the Edinburgh Fringe
06/08/2019 … The Malcolm Hardee Awards are being revived at the Edinburgh Fringe after a year off.
© BBC Bafta to honour Steve Coogan
After playing Stan Laurel he wins the Charlie Chaplin award
06/08/2019 … Steve Coogan is to receive this year’s Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence in Comedy from Bafta.
Booker-winning novel about stand-up could become a movie
Studio options A Horse Walks Into A Bar
06/08/2019 … The Booker-winning novel about a stand-up comedian, A Horse Walks Into A Bar, could be turned into a movie.
Amazon to air Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's ghost-hunting comedy
Truth Seekers goes into production next month
06/08/2019 … Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s comedy-horror series Truth Seekers is to be released on Amazon Prime, the streaming service has announced.