Latest British Comedy News
Paul O'Grady to pilot Saturday night show
Friday 18th October 2019
Paul O'Grady is to pilot a new comedy entertainment show called Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up.
Red Dwarf to return for two hour special
Friday 18th October 2019
Red Dwarf is returning to Dave in 2020 for a two hour special. The channel will also air a new three-part documentary series about the hit sitcom.
Leicester Fest to work with elderly audiences
Thursday 17th October 2019
Leicester Comedy Festival has received a grant from The Baring Foundation to expand its reach to older audiences.
Comic Relief launches monthly club night
Thursday 17th October 2019
Comic Relief has announced the launch of its own monthly comedy night in Central London.
BBC Two to launch new comedy series The Witchfinder
Thursday 17th October 2019
Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper will star in The Witchfinder, a new BBC Two comedy series created by Alan Partridge writers Neil and Rob Gibbons.
Channel 4 to screen Brexit comedy How Europe Stole My Mum
Wednesday 16th October 2019
Channel 4 is to air a one-off comedy about Brexit, written by and starring Kieran Hodgson. The mockumentary How Europe Stole My Mum will be screened soon.
Guest judges lined-up for Series 4 of Roast Battle
Tuesday 15th October 2019
Richard Ayoade, Big Narstie, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett will act as guest judges in Series 4 of Comedy Central's Roast Battle.
Actor Stephen Moore dies aged 81
Saturday 12th October 2019
Actor Stephen Moore has died, at the age of 81. Famed for voicing Marvin the Paranoid Android in The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, his other credits include Harry Enfield And Chums and Clockwise.
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan host Royal Variety Performance 2019
Thursday 10th October 2019
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan are to host The Royal Variety Performance 2019.
Casting revealed for Comedy Playhouse pilot Bumps
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Amanda Redman and Lisa McGrillis will star in Bumps, the new Comedy Playhouse pilot by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas.
Ghosts gets 3rd series as BBC renews iPlayer focus
Tuesday 8th October 2019
The BBC has commissioned a third series of sitcom Ghosts, as it looks increasingly to iPlayer rather than television as the home of its content.
Semi-Detached starring Lee Mack to return for full series
Tuesday 8th October 2019
Semi-Detached, the real-time sitcom with a cast including Lee Mack, is to return for a full series following the success of a pilot episode.
Sky orders Redknapp's Weekend Warm-Up pilot
Friday 4th October 2019
Sky One has ordered a pilot of Redknapp's Weekend Warm-Up, a comedy entertainment format featuring Jamie Redknapp, Harry Redknapp and Tom Davis.
David Walliams to host National TV Awards
Friday 4th October 2019
David Walliams is taking over from Dermot O'Leary as the host of the National Television Awards.
Comedy Central orders online shows from Rosie Jones & Desiree Burch
Friday 4th October 2019
Comedy Central has ordered a batch of new online short form series: Rosie Tries To Help, Comedy Central Chart Show and Desiree Burch's Fat Chat.
New comedy coming to Scotland's Central FM
Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Central FM, a radio station operating in Scotland's Forth Valley, is to launch a new comedy series called The Central FM Comedy Hour.
Iain Stirling to record Amazon special
Tuesday 1st October 2019
Avalon has announced that Iain Stirling will record his next stand-up tour for publication on Amazon Prime Video.
Ricky Tomlinson and Ralf Little to star in Gold travel series
Tuesday 1st October 2019
Royle Family stars Ricky Tomlinson and Ralf Little are to star in new Gold travel series, Ricky And Ralf's Very Northern Road Trip.
BBC confirms third series for Motherland
Tuesday 1st October 2019
BBC Two has ordered a further series of comedy Motherland. The ensemble sitcom's second series begins on Monday.
Jason Manford to host BBC comedy gameshow First And Last
Friday 27th September 2019
Jason Manford is to host First And Last, a comedy game show series for BBC One in which contestants mustn't come first or last.