British Comedy Guide 2019 News Archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2019.
October 2019
- Leicester Fest to work with elderly audiences
Thursday 17th October 2019 - Comic Relief launches monthly club night
Thursday 17th October 2019 - BBC Two to launch new comedy series The Witchfinder
Thursday 17th October 2019 - Channel 4 to screen Brexit comedy How Europe Stole My Mum
Wednesday 16th October 2019 - Guest judges lined-up for Series 4 of Roast Battle
Tuesday 15th October 2019 - Actor Stephen Moore dies aged 81
Saturday 12th October 2019 - Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan host Royal Variety Performance 2019
Thursday 10th October 2019 - Casting revealed for Comedy Playhouse pilot Bumps
Wednesday 9th October 2019 - Ghosts gets 3rd series as BBC renews iPlayer focus
Tuesday 8th October 2019 - Semi-Detached starring Lee Mack to return for full series
Tuesday 8th October 2019 - Sky orders Redknapp's Weekend Warm-Up pilot
Friday 4th October 2019 - David Walliams to host National TV Awards
Friday 4th October 2019 - Comedy Central orders online shows from Rosie Jones & Desiree Burch
Friday 4th October 2019 - New comedy coming to Scotland's Central FM
Wednesday 2nd October 2019 - Iain Stirling to record Amazon special
Tuesday 1st October 2019 - Ricky Tomlinson and Ralf Little to star in Gold travel series
Tuesday 1st October 2019 - BBC confirms third series for Motherland
Tuesday 1st October 2019
September 2019
- Jason Manford to host BBC comedy gameshow First And Last
Friday 27th September 2019 - Joe Lycett hosts Stand Up To Cancer quiz on Amazon Alexa
Thursday 26th September 2019 - Phoenix Nights to be shown in arenas
Thursday 26th September 2019 - Upstart Crow to become a stage show
Wednesday 25th September 2019 - Phoebe Waller-Bridge signs Amazon deal
Tuesday 24th September 2019 - Mark Dolan to host new panel show on Union JACK radio
Tuesday 24th September 2019 - Taskmaster becomes a board game
Tuesday 24th September 2019 - Cast revealed for new football comedy from Inbetweeners writers
Monday 23rd September 2019 - Fleabag wins multiple Emmy awards
Monday 23rd September 2019 - Jennifer Saunders to star in Blithe Spirit tour
Friday 20th September 2019 - Funny Women Awards 2019 winners
Friday 20th September 2019 - Star cast revealed for new Worzel Gummidge
Thursday 19th September 2019 - Cast revealed for Pegg & Frost sitcom Truth Seekers
Thursday 19th September 2019 - Sue Perkins to host Radio 4 comedy about nature
Thursday 19th September 2019 - BBC Radio Wales renews Bravo Two Charlies
Tuesday 17th September 2019 - Gold announces new sitcom Sandylands
Tuesday 17th September 2019 - Keith Lemon to co-host Channel 4 craft series
Monday 16th September 2019 - Hyde Park Winter Wonderland Comedy Club to return
Monday 16th September 2019 - Emmy awards for BBC Two's State Of The Union
Monday 16th September 2019 - Shakespeare & Hathaway gets two more series
Monday 9th September 2019 - Stewart Lee to launch his new book from a barge
Monday 9th September 2019 - New audio version of Up Pompeii! stage show
Monday 9th September 2019 - Gold announces Dial M For Middlesbrough star cast
Monday 9th September 2019 - Blue plaque unveiled for 'Allo 'Allo!
Saturday 7th September 2019 - Romesh Ranganathan curates Sky shorts series
Friday 6th September 2019 - Ben Elton rules out Blackadder return
Friday 6th September 2019 - Tim Renkow comedy Jerk to return
Thursday 5th September 2019 - 3 new Carry On films planned
Tuesday 3rd September 2019 - Newly restored Tony Hancock films and special cinema screening
Monday 2nd September 2019 - Mel B joins Celebrity Juice as team captain
Sunday 1st September 2019
August 2019
- Michael Legge to record stand-up show for Radio 4
Thursday 29th August 2019 - Jordan Brookes wins Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2019
Saturday 24th August 2019 - Malcolm Hardee Awards 2019 results
Saturday 24th August 2019 - Sky to air Sarah Kendall comedy
Friday 23rd August 2019 - Russell Kane announces memoir Son Of A Silverback
Friday 23rd August 2019 - Finlay Christie wins So You Think You're Funny? 2019
Friday 23rd August 2019 - Brenda Blethyn in new Hamilton & Jenkin ITV sitcom
Friday 23rd August 2019 - Comedians' Choice Awards 2019 winners
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Lucy Montgomery & Rhys Thomas get Comedy Playhouse pilot
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Jennifer Saunders & Tom Allen join There's Something About Movies
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Malcolm Hardee Awards 2019 nominations
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Sky orders Brassic Series 2
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Amused Moose Comedy Award 2019 winners
Thursday 22nd August 2019 - Limmy's Homemade Show gets series
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Sophie Willan sitcom joins 2019 New On Two
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist 2019
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Sara Pascoe gets BBC Two sitcom
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Channel 4 commissions female Muslim sitcom Lady Parts
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Channel 4 orders another series of Home
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Olga Koch takes Fight to Radio 4
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - There She Goes moved to BBC Two for new series
Wednesday 21st August 2019 - Babatunde Aleshe wins Amused Moose New Comic Award
Tuesday 20th August 2019 - Channel 4 orders flesh-eating comedy drama horror
Monday 19th August 2019 - Olaf Falafel wins Dave's Joke of the Fringe
Monday 19th August 2019 - Comedy Poster Awards 2019 winners announced
Saturday 17th August 2019 - Janine Harouni wins BBC New Comedy Award 2019
Thursday 15th August 2019 - Tom Allen gets Channel 4 pilot
Thursday 15th August 2019 - Channel 4 orders more Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
Thursday 15th August 2019 - Tom Allen announced as new The Apprentice: You're Fired host
Monday 12th August 2019 - Rose Matafeo gets BBC Three sitcom Starstruck
Monday 12th August 2019 - Nicholas Parsons misses Just A Minute recordings
Wednesday 7th August 2019 - Amazon buys Pegg & Frost's ghost hunting comedy
Tuesday 6th August 2019 - Malcolm Hardee Awards return
Tuesday 6th August 2019 - Dominic Frisby selected as Brexit Party candidate
Monday 5th August 2019
July 2019
- Special edition Fleabag script book announced
Wednesday 31st July 2019 - Chris Ramsey joins Strictly 2019
Wednesday 31st July 2019 - 'Werewolf: Live' signs TV development deal
Wednesday 31st July 2019 - Second series for Radio Wales's Relocation
Tuesday 30th July 2019 - Comedy actors to voice The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Monday 29th July 2019 - Titania McGrath TV show in development
Thursday 25th July 2019 - Amazon announces six comedy specials
Thursday 25th July 2019 - Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be re-made in America
Thursday 25th July 2019 - BBC Comedy Shorts 2019 revealed
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 - Joe Thomas to star in 'What's In A Name?' tour
Monday 22nd July 2019 - BBC Two to broadcast Frankie Boyle's Tour Of Scotland
Monday 22nd July 2019 - BBC to broadcast Miranda reunion
Friday 19th July 2019 - Keith Lemon & Paddy McGuinness launch MovieFest screening events
Thursday 18th July 2019 - Rob Beckett to host social media highlights show
Thursday 18th July 2019 - E4 to pilot The Colonel Banjoko Show
Thursday 18th July 2019 - E4 orders Dead Pixels Series 2
Thursday 18th July 2019 - Al Murray announces major tour extension
Wednesday 17th July 2019 - Year Of The Rabbit writers plan Series 2
Tuesday 16th July 2019 - John-Luke Roberts to tour new show
Monday 15th July 2019 - Billy Connolly stand-up show to be screened in cinemas
Monday 15th July 2019 - Michael McIntyre's Big Show to record at London Palladium
Monday 15th July 2019 - Sofie Hagen announces 2019-20 tour
Saturday 13th July 2019 - Billy Connolly to publish storytelling book
Friday 12th July 2019 - Channel 4 confirms Tez O'Clock series
Thursday 11th July 2019 - Ricky Gervais wins Richard Dawkins Award
Thursday 11th July 2019 - Taskmaster Series 9 contestants revealed
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - Jennifer Saunders to captain team in Sport Relief netball match
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - David Baddiel signs deal to write four more children's books
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - Lou Sanders announces 'Step-Mummy' tour
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - The Goodies crowdfunding 50th anniversary film documentary
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - This Country star Michael Sleggs dies aged 33
Wednesday 10th July 2019 - Mark Maier wins £10,001 Petfringe 2019 competition
Sunday 7th July 2019 - Griff Rhys Jones reveals 2019 tour
Friday 5th July 2019 - Adam Kay And Mark Watson host Audible special
Friday 5th July 2019 - Josie Long announces 2020 tour
Friday 5th July 2019 - Joe Lycett to take over from Richard Ayoade as Travel Man
Friday 5th July 2019 - Dinner party show I'll Get This to return
Thursday 4th July 2019 - Fleabag & Hounslow Diaries win Broadcast Digital Awards
Thursday 4th July 2019 - Adam Kay announces Christmas tour
Monday 1st July 2019 - Lenny Henry to front Gold series about comedy and race
Monday 1st July 2019
June 2019
- Blackadder stars meet to discuss Series 5
Sunday 30th June 2019 - Jacob Hawley hosts BBC podcast about drug culture
Friday 28th June 2019 - Darren Harriott announces Good Heart Yute tour
Friday 28th June 2019 - Christina Bianco to tour First Impressions show
Friday 28th June 2019 - Max & Ivan to tour new show Commitment in 2020
Friday 28th June 2019 - In My Skin series confirmed
Friday 28th June 2019 - A League Of Their Own reveals guest hosts
Friday 28th June 2019 - Monty Python's 50th anniversary details
Wednesday 26th June 2019 - Maisie Williams to star in Sky comedy Two Weeks To Live
Wednesday 26th June 2019 - Comedians to perform songs from musicals on Comedy Central
Wednesday 26th June 2019 - The Windsors Series 3 confirmed
Tuesday 25th June 2019 - Alan Carr confirms There's Something About Movies Series 2
Tuesday 25th June 2019 - Kojo Anim announces debut tour
Monday 24th June 2019 - Kind Hearts And Coronets gets stage adaptation by Stephen Fry
Friday 21st June 2019 - Stephen K Amos to tour new show Everyman
Friday 21st June 2019 - Iain Stirling announces 2020 tour
Friday 21st June 2019 - Hypothetical Series 2 confirmed
Friday 21st June 2019 - Lenny Henry to host Morecambe & Wise retrospective series
Friday 21st June 2019 - Cold Feet Series 9 confirmed
Thursday 20th June 2019 - David Walliams and Sian Gibson to star in Cinderella comedy
Thursday 20th June 2019 - This Country stars to publish tie-in book
Wednesday 19th June 2019 - ITV bans all-male comedy writers' rooms
Tuesday 18th June 2019 - Geoff Norcott to examine class war in BBC Two documentary
Tuesday 18th June 2019 - Famalam gets third series and special
Monday 17th June 2019 - Paul Sinha reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis
Friday 14th June 2019 - Glenn Moore announces first tour
Friday 14th June 2019 - The Trip To Greece to air on Sky One in 2020
Friday 14th June 2019 - Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? win Televisual Awards
Friday 14th June 2019 - BBC One commissions Tom Davis's King Gary
Thursday 13th June 2019 - Cast revealed for Aisling Bea's comedy This Way Up
Thursday 13th June 2019 - Miles Jupp to star as ex-PM in Radio 4 sitcom
Thursday 13th June 2019 - BBC defends Jo Brand's battery acid comment
Wednesday 12th June 2019 - Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Awards 2019
Wednesday 12th June 2019 - Scottish Comedy Awards 2019 winners
Wednesday 12th June 2019 - Tom Rosenthal announces debut stand-up tour
Wednesday 12th June 2019 - John Bishop announces work in progress dates
Wednesday 12th June 2019 - BBC's Two Pints Of Lager to return
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Only Fools And Horses The Musical extended into 2020
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Stewart Lee to publish March Of The Lemmings book
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Filming starts on The Young Offenders Series 2
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Sara Pascoe to star in BBC Two travel series
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Dave Gorman to present new series on Dave
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Gold orders Dial M For Middlesbrough
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Dave orders sitcom starring Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont
Tuesday 11th June 2019 - Comedian Dave Evans dies
Monday 10th June 2019 - NextUp to double output
Monday 10th June 2019 - Comedians to perform at Royal Shakespeare Company festival
Monday 10th June 2019 - Comedians join Who Do You Think You Are? Series 16
Monday 10th June 2019 - Olivia Colman gets CBE & Griff Rhys Jones gets OBE
Saturday 8th June 2019 - Daliso Chaponda announces tour
Friday 7th June 2019 - BBC orders three more series of Not Going Out
Friday 7th June 2019 - Channel 4 orders topical Judge Rinder series
Thursday 6th June 2019 - Harry Hill to host Junior Bake Off
Thursday 6th June 2019 - E4 orders bluffing series Pants On Fire
Thursday 6th June 2019 - Mackenzie Crook's Worzel Gummidge begins filming
Thursday 6th June 2019 - David Baddiel to tour in 2020
Thursday 6th June 2019 - Blue plaque for 'Allo 'Allo! announced
Wednesday 5th June 2019 - Hugh Laurie to receive outstanding achievement award
Wednesday 5th June 2019 - Matt Berry plans more Toast Of London
Wednesday 5th June 2019 - Suzi Ruffell announces 2019 tour
Wednesday 5th June 2019 - Kurupt FM podcast to launch on Audible
Tuesday 4th June 2019 - Ross Noble announces 2020 tour
Tuesday 4th June 2019 - Ed Gamble and Matthew Crosby join Radio X
Tuesday 4th June 2019 - Flo & Joan to record special
Monday 3rd June 2019 - Gold orders new sitcom The Cockfields
Monday 3rd June 2019 - Derry Girls, Hang Ups and Inside No. 9 up for South Bank Awards
Monday 3rd June 2019
May 2019
- John Shuttleworth announces 2020 tour and new book
Friday 31st May 2019 - Good Omens merchandise and exhibition revealed
Thursday 30th May 2019 - Comedy stars to take part in Whodunnit spoof play
Thursday 30th May 2019 - ITV orders Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow series
Thursday 30th May 2019 - Jack Dee announces 2019 tour
Thursday 30th May 2019 - The Stand Up Sketch Show gets second series
Thursday 30th May 2019 - Don't Hate The Playaz Series 2 confirmed
Thursday 30th May 2019 - The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk series ordered
Thursday 30th May 2019 - Jack Whitehall to star in Clifford The Big Red Dog movie
Wednesday 29th May 2019 - Clement & La Frenais to publish memoir
Wednesday 29th May 2019 - ITV orders sport-themed comedy clip show
Tuesday 28th May 2019 - Gavin & Stacey to return
Tuesday 28th May 2019 - Ghosts gets second series on BBC One
Tuesday 28th May 2019 - US plots female Peep Show
Sunday 26th May 2019 - Guest cast revealed for Plebs Series 5
Friday 24th May 2019 - Rhys James announces first national tour
Friday 24th 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