Shappi Khorsandi switches agent
Now in the same stable as Susan Calman and Sandi Toksvig
21/01/2018 … Shappi Khorsandi has switched agent.
2018 Other news
Sun 21 January 2018
Producing the goods...
Awards for John Oliver and Black Mirror
21/01/2018 … John Oliver and Black Mirror were among the winners of the Producers Guild Of America awards last night.
Fri 19 January 2018
BBC's Imagine to showcase Mel Brooks
Comedy icon to be celebrated at 91
19/01/2018 … Mel Brooks is to be the subject of a BBC Imagine film.
Thu 18 January 2018
Third Go Faster Stripe comedy festival announced
Weekend of shows filmed for later release
18/01/2018 … Independent comedy DVD label Go Faster Stripe has announced its third annual comedy festival.
Wed 17 January 2018
© Andrew Hurley/CC BY-SA 2.0 Jason Donovan replaces Christopher Biggins
Last-minute stand-in at Slapstick festival
17/01/2018 … Jason Donovan is to appear at this month’s Slapstick festival of vintage comedy.
West End transfer for Good Girl
Naomi Sheldon’s comic Edinburgh hit hits London
17/01/2018 … Naomi Sheldon’s semi-comic monologue Good Girl is to make its West End debut.
Mon 15 January 2018
Help comedy change lives
Sean Lock headlines benefit gig for The Comedy School
15/01/2018 … Sean Lock is among the comics taking part in a fundraiser for a charity which brings comedy to schools, prisons, rehabilitation centres and mental health institutions.
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian See new series of This Country before anyone else
BBC Three to preview new series in Gloucestershire
15/01/2018 … Fans of BBC Three comedy This Country in Gloucestershire are being offered the chance to see the second series before anyone else.