British Comedy Guide 2019 News Archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2019.
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