Latest British Comedy News
Jo Brand to present How To Stay Sane In A Mad World
Friday 27th November 2020
Jo Brand is to front a new Channel 4 show offering up light-hearted tips with how to cope with lockdown. Jo Brand's How To Stay Sane In A Mad World will be broadcast this winter.
Tom Moutchi and Kerry Godliman to star in BBC sitcom pilot
Friday 27th November 2020
Tom Moutchi and Kerry Godliman star in PRU, the upcoming BBC sitcom pilot about unruly schoolchildren removed from mainstream education and put into a pupil referral unit.
Matt Lucas releases 'Merry Christmas, Baked Potato' single
Friday 27th November 2020
Matt Lucas has released a festive song to raise money for charity. Merry Christmas, Baked Potato is now available to download and stream.
Ncuti Gatwa wins Rose d'Or award
Thursday 26th November 2020
Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa has been given the Performance Of The Year Award by the 2020 Rose d'Or Awards jury.
Big Boys - a sitcom by Jack Rooke - to be filmed for Channel 4
Thursday 26th November 2020
Channel 4 has ordered Big Boys, a semi-autobiographical sitcom by comedian Jack Rooke about an unlikely friendship between two young men who meet at university.
Guilt Series 2 in production
Wednesday 25th November 2020
Filming is underway on the second series of BBC Scotland's dark comedy drama Guilt. Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives are joined by a new cast.
GameFace ends on Channel 4 after two series
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Channel 4 has declined to commission a third series of GameFace, written by and starring comedian Roisin Conaty.
ITV to air Des O'Connor tribute
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Des O'Connor will be honoured with a tribute programme, Des O'Connor: The Ultimate Entertainer, on ITV in December.
Pandemonium sitcom coming to BBC One
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Pandemonium, a sitcom starring Katherine Parkinson, Jim Howick, Alison Steadman and Tom Basden is coming to BBC One this Christmas.
BBC reveals its Christmas 2020 comedy specials
Tuesday 24th November 2020
The BBC's Christmas schedule will feature new episodes of The Vicar Of Dibley, Upstart Crow, Ghosts, Mrs. Brown's Boys, Not Going Out, The Goes Wrong Show, Would I Lie To You?, Motherland and more.
Miranda Hart to host Christmas show
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Miranda Hart will host a one-off BBC One festive special Miranda's Games With Showbiz Names.
Motherland to return for Christmas special
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Motherland will return to BBC Two for a Christmas special, ahead of a third series in 2021.
Upstart Crow to return for Christmas special
Tuesday 24th November 2020
BBC Two has confirmed that Upstart Crow is to return for a Christmas special this December, seeing Will and Kate stuck at home alone as plague hits London.
Bridget Jones documentary coming to BBC Two
Tuesday 24th November 2020
BBC Two will broadcast Being Bridget, a documentary celebrating 25 years of Helen Fielding's comic character.
King Gary Christmas special confirmed
Tuesday 24th November 2020
BBC One has confirmed that King Gary will return for a Christmas special this December, ahead of a second series in 2021.
Have I Got News For You documentary to celebrate 30 years
Monday 23rd November 2020
Have I Got News For You is to mark its 30th anniversary with a commemorative documentary. Have I Got 30 Years For You will be broadcast on BBC One over the festive period.
Matt Berry to return as Steven Toast in new BBC series
Monday 23rd November 2020
The BBC is making Toast In America, a spin-off from Channel 4's Toast Of London, featuring Matt Berry as his actor character Steven Toast.
London Hughes up for South Bank breakthrough award
Monday 23rd November 2020
London Hughes has been shortlisted in the breakthrough category in the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2020. Meanwhile the comedy category features Fleabag, Sex Education and Home.
This Way Up Series 2 confirmed
Friday 20th November 2020
Channel 4 has confirmed it has ordered another six episodes of This Way Up. Aisling Bea's comedy will return for Series 2 in 2021.
Amazon and Soho Theatre team up for 20 new stand-up specials
Thursday 19th November 2020
Soho Theatre has inked a deal with Amazon Prime Video that will see the venue's eleven existing specials made available on the platform, plus the filming of twenty new shows for 2021.