British Comedy Guide 2019 News Archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2019.
May 2019
- Union JACK orders Series 3 of Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory
Thursday 23rd May 2019 - ITV2 orders zombie apocalypse sitcom
Thursday 23rd May 2019 - BBC Four orders more Big Night Out
Thursday 23rd May 2019 - BBC Two orders CGI-Putin chat show
Wednesday 22nd May 2019 - BBC decommissions Martin Clunes's Warren
Monday 20th May 2019 - Catherine Tate's Nan to star in a film
Monday 20th May 2019 - 'Jerry Springer - The Opera' returns in August
Thursday 16th May 2019 - Lenny Henry announces 2019 tour
Thursday 16th May 2019 - Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2019
Thursday 16th May 2019 - New film of Blithe Spirit announced
Wednesday 15th May 2019 - Dame Edna to host BBC special
Wednesday 15th May 2019 - Miles Jupp quits The News Quiz
Wednesday 15th May 2019 - Channel 4 orders sixth Friday Night Dinner
Monday 13th May 2019 - BAFTA TV Awards 2019 winners revealed
Sunday 12th May 2019 - Have I Got News For You episode pulled
Friday 10th May 2019 - Scottish Comedy Awards 2019 nominations
Friday 10th May 2019 - Heresy to return to Radio 4
Friday 10th May 2019 - The Guilty Feminist books Royal Albert Hall gig
Friday 10th May 2019 - Freddie Starr found dead at 76
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Ebury to publish new John Bishop book
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Dave orders Sara Pascoe's Comedians Giving Lectures
Thursday 9th May 2019 - ITV2 to broadcast new series Shopping With Keith Lemon
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Milton Jones announces 2020 tour
Thursday 9th May 2019 - Bridget Christie to 'curate' The Museum Of Curiosity Series 14
Wednesday 8th May 2019 - Paul Chowdhry to record stand-up special at Hackney Empire
Tuesday 7th May 2019 - Comedy stars to host Sri Lanka fundraising gig
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Phoebe Waller-Bridge to perform Fleabag play for final run
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Stephen Fry announces first UK tour in nearly 40 years
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Harry Hill to judge Beano's Britain's Funniest Class competition
Thursday 2nd May 2019 - Comedians star in Dave mental health podcast
Wednesday 1st May 2019 - Gold reveals Britain's Greatest Comedian list
Wednesday 1st May 2019 - Cast announced for Kill Climate Deniers play
Wednesday 1st May 2019 - Jack Whitehall to guest host The Graham Norton Show
Wednesday 1st May 2019
April 2019
- Reginald Perrin musical in development
Tuesday 30th April 2019 - Cast revealed for new comedy Mae And George
Tuesday 30th April 2019 - Chris Ramsey to film stand-up special
Tuesday 30th April 2019 - Kind Hearts And Coronets gets 70th anniversary re-release
Tuesday 30th April 2019 - Rob Beckett to host BBC One daytime quiz Head Hunters
Monday 29th April 2019 - BBC Scotland produces four iPlayer series
Monday 29th April 2019 - Comedy Central to pilot Cards Against Humanity show
Friday 26th April 2019 - Craig Ferguson's first UK stand-up show for over 25 years
Friday 26th April 2019 - Amnesty International announces Secret Policeman's Tour
Wednesday 24th April 2019 - CBBC sitcom star Mya-Lecia Naylor dies
Thursday 18th April 2019 - Zapped cancelled after three series
Wednesday 17th April 2019 - David Eagle wins Bath New Act Competition 2019
Wednesday 17th April 2019 - Basil Brush to perform at Edinburgh Festival
Monday 15th April 2019 - Union JACK radio commissions new comedy shows
Monday 15th April 2019 - Filming begins on BBC One comedy Scarborough
Monday 15th April 2019 - Katie Pritchard wins Musical Comedy Awards 2019
Saturday 13th April 2019 - Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon to star in The Man In The White Suit
Friday 12th April 2019 - Arthur Smith presented with Bath Plug Award
Thursday 11th April 2019 - BBC Three to launch Threesomes sketch strand
Thursday 11th April 2019 - Enterprice Series 2 confirmed
Thursday 11th April 2019 - Dennis The Menace musical to launch
Thursday 11th April 2019 - Sky orders Alan Carr panel show There's Something About Movies
Wednesday 10th April 2019 - Derry Girls returns for third series on Channel 4
Tuesday 9th April 2019 - Fawlty Towers tops Radio Times greatest British sitcom list
Tuesday 9th April 2019 - John Bishop to host new game show pilot
Sunday 7th April 2019 - Rhod Gilbert to leave Radio Wales
Thursday 4th April 2019 - Netflix confirms Series 2 of Ricky Gervais sitcom After Life
Wednesday 3rd April 2019 - Elis James and John Robins join BBC Radio 5 Live
Tuesday 2nd April 2019 - Jo Brand wins Legend Of Comedy Award
Tuesday 2nd April 2019
March 2019
- BAFTA TV Awards nominations
Thursday 28th March 2019 - Elis James and John Robins leave Radio X
Wednesday 27th March 2019 - E4 orders Mae Martin sitcom
Wednesday 27th March 2019 - James Corden to miss some A League Of Their Own filming
Tuesday 26th March 2019 - Filming starts on Doc Martin Series 9
Monday 25th March 2019 - Petition to commemorate Only Fools And Horses location launched
Thursday 21st March 2019 - RTS Awards 2019 winners include Mum and Derry Girls
Tuesday 19th March 2019 - Al Murray to narrate Vanity Fair on Radio 4
Tuesday 19th March 2019 - Chortle Awards 2019 results
Monday 18th March 2019 - Katie Pritchard wins 2Northdown New Act competition
Monday 18th March 2019 - Nicholas Parsons honoured at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Friday 15th March 2019 - BBC to pilot topical late night comedy show
Friday 15th March 2019 - Urban Myths Series 3 line-up
Friday 15th March 2019 - Channel 4 to follow Johnny Vegas as he sets up camping site
Thursday 14th March 2019 - Frank Skinner celebrates a decade on Absolute Radio with 10 hour show
Wednesday 13th March 2019 - Jessica Knappett joins Judge Romesh Series 2
Wednesday 13th March 2019 - Katy Wix and Lolly Adefope join Ghosts
Wednesday 13th March 2019 - Mischief Theatre to launch Magic Goes Wrong stage show
Thursday 7th March 2019 - 8 Out Of 10 Cats returns to E4
Thursday 7th March 2019 - Felicity Ward to star in Kill Climate Deniers play
Thursday 7th March 2019 - Leicester Comedy Festival 2019 Award nominees
Wednesday 6th March 2019 - The Goodies return for audio special
Wednesday 6th March 2019 - Comedies up for RTS Awards 2019
Tuesday 5th March 2019 - BBC confirms Red Nose Day 2019 plans
Tuesday 5th March 2019 - BBC orders another Alan Partridge show
Sunday 3rd March 2019 - Man Like Mobeen gets third series
Sunday 3rd March 2019 - Jennifer Saunders stars in new Mamma Mia! spoof for Comic Relief
Friday 1st March 2019 - Dawn French to star in ITV comedy drama Glass Houses
Friday 1st March 2019
February 2019
- Comedy to be main focus for re-opening North East venue
Thursday 28th February 2019 - BBC Three orders new sitcom from Liam Williams
Thursday 28th February 2019 - BBC orders new sketch show Muzlamic
Thursday 28th February 2019 - Paddy McGuinness and Stacey Solomon join Celebrity Juice
Wednesday 27th February 2019 - Joel Dommett to host ITV2 quiz show 'Hey Tracey!'
Tuesday 26th February 2019 - Chortle Awards 2019 nominees
Tuesday 26th February 2019 - Daniel Sofoluke wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2019
Sunday 24th February 2019 - James Acaster to publish book about obsessive music challenge
Friday 22nd February 2019 - The Goes Wrong Show series coming to BBC One
Friday 22nd February 2019 - Inbetweeners writers announce BBC Two sitcom
Thursday 21st February 2019 - Jack Whitehall announces 2019 tour
Wednesday 20th February 2019 - Timothy West replaces Bernard Cribbins in Dad's Army remakes
Tuesday 19th February 2019 - Steve Pemberton joins Jack Whitehall's Bounty Hunters
Monday 18th February 2019 - Taskmaster Series 8 contestants revealed
Monday 18th February 2019 - Inside No. 9 Series 5 guest stars revealed
Monday 18th February 2019 - Comedy streaming service NextUp to record more specials
Saturday 16th February 2019 - Ardal O'Hanlon to guest star in Derry Girls Series 2
Friday 15th February 2019 - Gareth Williams wins Komedia Bath competition
Friday 15th February 2019 - Paddington to star in Nickelodeon TV series
Thursday 14th February 2019 - Graham Norton and Alan Carr to judge RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Thursday 14th February 2019 - Benedict Cumberbatch joins Good Omens ahead of 31st May launch
Thursday 14th February 2019 - Comedies nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2019
Wednesday 13th February 2019 - Network confirms Likely Lads screening event
Wednesday 13th February 2019 - Comedians to watch football for Sky One
Wednesday 13th February 2019 - Colin Leggo wins UK Pun Championships 2019
Tuesday 12th February 2019 - CBBC orders 52 more episodes of Dennis & Gnasher
Tuesday 12th February 2019 - Crackerjack to return, with comedy and sitcom
Monday 11th February 2019 - Cast revealed for Off The Rails comedy film
Monday 11th February 2019 - North West Comedy Awards 2019 winners
Thursday 7th February 2019 - Derry Girls wins at Broadcast Awards
Thursday 7th February 2019 - Future of ITV sitcoms in doubt
Tuesday 5th February 2019 - Grant & Marshall pilot Radio 4 sketch show
Tuesday 5th February 2019 - UKTV prepares depression comedy drama
Monday 4th February 2019 - Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse to publish fishing book
Monday 4th February 2019 - Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 winners revealed
Monday 4th February 2019 - Iain Stirling to headline BBC Scotland TV launch
Monday 4th February 2019 - ITV to pilot new stand-up format Out There
Monday 4th February 2019 - Ellie Taylor to host new comedy pilot Gagging Order
Sunday 3rd February 2019 - Channel 4 to broadcast The Mr Swallow Show pilot
Sunday 3rd February 2019 - Alan Carr to host panel show pilot about movies
Sunday 3rd February 2019 - Netflix orders more Sex Education
Friday 1st February 2019 - Alison Steadman & Dave Johns star in 23 Walks
Friday 1st February 2019 - Actor Clive Swift dies aged 82
Friday 1st February 2019 - Jeremy Hardy dies, aged 57
Friday 1st February 2019
January 2019
- John Robins announces 2019 tour Hot Shame
Thursday 31st January 2019 - Harry Hill to curate Channel 4 comedy showcase series
Thursday 31st January 2019 - Matt Berry's Year Of The Rabbit casting revealed
Wednesday 30th January 2019 - Famalam Series 2 to debut in the Spring
Monday 28th January 2019 - Tom Allen to host comedy dating show pilot
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan to star in Old Baggage
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Kristin Scott Thomas and Fiona Shaw join Fleabag Series 2
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Michael Palin to tour new one-man show
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Sky orders two more series of The Russell Howard Hour
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Channel Gold opens vote to discover Britain's Greatest Comedian
Thursday 24th January 2019 - Inside No. 9 Series 5 in production
Wednesday 23rd January 2019 - Baking comedy drama Love Sarah now filming
Tuesday 22nd January 2019 - Mark Bonnar and Jamie Sives to star in new comedy drama Guilt
Tuesday 22nd January 2019 - Leicester Mercury competition to be broadcast on the radio
Monday 21st January 2019 - Comedy.co.uk Awards 2018 shortlist
Monday 21st January 2019 - Windsor Davies dies aged 88
Saturday 19th January 2019 - Missing Likely Lads and Till Death Us Do Part recovered
Friday 18th January 2019 - Mark Watson to host 26 hour live show
Wednesday 16th January 2019 - Romesh's Look Back To The Future to return in 2019
Wednesday 16th January 2019 - Cast revealed for Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes
Wednesday 16th January 2019 - Les Dennis to star in new film Sideshow
Tuesday 15th January 2019 - Stath Lets Flats to return for Series 2
Tuesday 15th January 2019 - Mackenzie Crook and Sarah Kendall win Writers' Guild Awards
Monday 14th January 2019 - Comedy Central orders travel series The Comedy Bus
Monday 14th January 2019 - Sky orders dead cop comedy series Code 404
Friday 11th January 2019 - Matt Berry to star in BBC Two comedy about Brexit
Wednesday 2nd January 2019