Russell Howard joins Comic Relief Spectacular
Star-studded line-up for Wembley Arena
31/01/2019 … Russell Howard has been added to the massive Comic Relief fundraising gig at the Wembley SSE Arena next month.
2019 Other news
Thu 31 January 2019
Wed 30 January 2019
Entries open for So You Think You're Funny 2019
Gilded Balloon's talent hunt offers £2,500 prize
30/01/2019 … Applications have opened for this year's So You Think You’re Funny? talent hunt.
© BBC David Walliams's new Fing
30/01/2019 … David Walliams next book will be aimed at a younger audience than his usual novels, publisher HarperCollins says.
Tue 29 January 2019
Stand comedy clubs get a new MD
Arts centre bossMike Jones takes over from long-serving Kenny O'brien
29/01/2019 … The Stand comedy clubs have announced a replacement for Kenny O’Brien, its long-serving general manager.
Mon 28 January 2019
Mrs Maisel dominates the SAG awards
Trio of gongs for Amazon Prime show
28/01/2019 … The Marvelous Mrs Maisel swept the board at America's Screen Actors Guild awards last night with a hat trick of trophies of the night.
Sun 27 January 2019
Amazon snaps up Emma Thompson comedy
Playing a US talk show host in a film from Mindy Kaling
27/01/2019 … A new movie starring Emma Thompson as a late-night US talk show is coming to Amazon Prime.
Thu 24 January 2019
Meet the puntestants
UK Pun Championships finalists announced
24/01/2019 … The finalists have been announced for this year’s UK Pun Championships, run by the Leicester Comedy Festival.
Comics head to the Glasgow Film Festival
Michael Palin, Bo Burnham, Simon Amstell and more
24/01/2019 … Michael Palin, Bo Burnham, Simon Amstell and Alice Lowe are all set to attend this year’s Glasgow Film Festival, it was announced last night.