Janty Blair is officially Deadly
Winner of Aboriginal comedy competition crowned
18/04/2022 … Janty Blair has been crowned winner of this year’s Deadly Funny comedy competition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander comedians.
2022 Other news
Mon 18 April 2022
Wed 13 April 2022
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue companion is released on audiobook
To mark 50 years of the Radio 4 stalwart
13/04/2022 … A definitive guide to I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue has been released on audiobook to mark the 50th anniversary of Radio 4’s ‘antidote to panel…
© Harry Carr Brighton Comedy Garden announces 2022 line-up
Simon Amstell, Dylan Moran, Stewart Lee and more
13/04/2022 … Brighton's Comedy Garden is to return this summer with headliners Simon Amstell, Stewart Lee, Adam Buxton, Dylan Moran, Sara Pascoe and Phil Wang.
Mon 11 April 2022
Crowdfunder launched to help working-class comics at the Fringe
£500 bursaries will help with accommodation costs
11/04/2022 … Comedian Sian Davies has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help working-class performers cover the spiralling cost of accommodation the Edinburgh Fringe.
Thu 07 April 2022
Whoopi Goldberg cast in Anansi Boys
Playing Bird Woman in the Amazon adaptation
07/04/2022 … Whoopi Goldberg has been cast as Bird Woman in the Amazon Studios adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s novel Anansi Boys.
Wed 06 April 2022
© ITV Joel Dommett back as National Television Awards host
Ceremony to come from Wembley Arean
06/04/2022 … Joel Dommett is returning to host this year’s National Television Awards, it has been announced.
Tue 05 April 2022
ITV acquires The Sex Lives of College Girls
Mindy Kaling's comedy-drama coming to the UK
05/04/2022 … ITV has snapped up the rights to The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Herts transplant
Major comedy festival gets a new date
05/04/2022 … A major one-day outdoor comedy festival cancelled last August has been rescheduled for the Jubilee bank holiday weekend.