© BBC Bring back Blackadder!
Comedy tops poll of shows viewers want revived
25/04/2018 … Blackadder is the TV show the most British viewers would like brought back, according to a new poll.
2018 Other news
Wed 25 April 2018
© BBC Mon 23 April 2018
Third series for The Search Party
TBS also renews Tracy Morgan's The Last OG
23/04/2018 … Search Party,the dark comedy about five self-absorbed 20-something Brooklynites investigating a friend's disappearance has been renewed for a third series.
© BBC Voting opens for Scottish Comedy Awards
... but only if you're in the business
23/04/2018 … Voting has opened for this year's Scottish Comedy Awards – but only for those who work in the industry.
Sun 22 April 2018
Student Comedy Award 2018 semi-finalists
22/04/2018 … Here are the line-ups for the semi-finals of this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finals.
Thu 19 April 2018
E4 buys US comedy evoking the 80s fitness craze
19/04/2018 … E4 has bought the rights to US sitcom Let’s Get Physical, whose cast features Dr Quinn Medicine Woman star Jane Seymour.
Nerds on film
Science comedy team to tape a new DVD
19/04/2018 … Festival Of The Spoken Nerd are to release their latest show You Can’t Polish A Nerd on DVD.
© Just For Laughs Jimmy Carr announces Montreal run
As part of Just For Laughs festival
19/04/2018 … Jimmy Carr is to perform a run of his solo show at Montreal’s Just For Laughs festival this summer.
Tue 17 April 2018
ABC renews Tonightly with Tom Ballard
...despite controversy and sluggish ratings
17/04/2018 … Australia’s ABC network has renewed comedian Tom Ballard’s topical show Tonightly.