@midnight goes dark
End for Chris Hardwick's US panel show
19/07/2017 … Comedy Central’s American panel show @midnight is to come to an end after 600 episodes.
2017 Other news
Wed 19 July 2017
Pranksters launch legal fightback
Duo seek backers to fight fraud and copyright claims
19/07/2017 … American comedy duo Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett are appealing for money to help them fight a lawsuit brought by broadcasters they pranked.
Tue 18 July 2017
Ed Sheeran to appear in The Simpsons
Playing a love interest for Lisa
18/07/2017 … Ed Sheeran’s cameo on Game Of Thrones last night may have gone down so badly that he felt compelled to delete his Twitter account in the face of the backlash.
Mon 17 July 2017
When does series 4 of People Just Do Nothing start?
BBC announces iPlayer launch date
17/07/2017 … The BBC has confirmed the premiere date for series four of People Just Do Nothing.
Fri 14 July 2017
Another BBC New Comedy Award heat winner named
Aaron Simmonds males the semis
14/07/2017 … Aaron Simmonds has won tonight’s heat of this year’s BBC New Comedy Award.
Wed 12 July 2017
Sarajevo salutes John Cleese
12/07/2017 … John Cleese is to be honoured by the Sarajevo Film Festival next month, Calling him the ‘world's living legend of comedy’, organisers are…
Vir Das cancels Edinburgh run
Indian comic not coming to the Fringe
12/07/2017 … Indian comedian Vir Das has pulled out of the Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 11 July 2017
Shooting starts on Country Music comedy-drama film
With Jessie Buckley and Julie Walters
11/07/2017 … Filming has stared on a new comedy-drama film about an ex-con who wants to make it as a country singer.