British Comedy Guide 2023 news archive

Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2023.

Actress Brigit Forsyth dies aged 83
Friday 1st December 2023
Ofcom says TV comedy still 'at risk'
Thursday 30th November 2023
Electric Head duo win Big Finish script writing competition
Thursday 30th November 2023
Caroline Quentin announces live tour
Thursday 30th November 2023
David Nobbs and Peter Tinniswood's first sitcom partly recovered
Thursday 30th November 2023
Alistair Williams wins British Comedian Of The Year 2023 competition
Thursday 30th November 2023
Broadcast Awards 2024 comedy nominees revealed
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Matt Smith to take on Nick Cave's The Death Of Bunny Munro
Tuesday 28th November 2023
'Showstopper! The Improvised Musical' confirm 2024 tour dates
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Sports Funniest 2023 With Greg James to air on Sky Max
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Grace Campbell announces her biggest UK tour to date
Tuesday 28th November 2023
All Killa No Filla tour announced to celebrate 10th anniversary
Tuesday 28th November 2023
Jamie Demetriou wins Rose d'Or Award
Tuesday 28th November 2023
The Flatshare team making The Road Trip rom-com for Paramount+
Monday 27th November 2023
Joe Lycett to investigate water companies spilling sewage
Monday 27th November 2023
Dawn French Is A Huge Twat special to air on BBC One this Christmas
Monday 27th November 2023
John Bishop announces 2024 tour
Monday 27th November 2023
Alfie Moore's It's A Fair Cop returning for eighth series on Radio 4
Monday 27th November 2023
Troy Hawke gets Radio 4 special
Sunday 26th November 2023
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2023 finalists
Friday 24th November 2023
Nick Helm to tour his Super Fun Good Time Show
Friday 24th November 2023
Taskmaster New Year Treat 2024 line-up revealed
Thursday 23rd November 2023
Dan Tiernan to embark on debut tour
Thursday 23rd November 2023
Paul Black to front BBC Scotland entertainment show pilot
Wednesday 22nd November 2023
James Acaster's Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 to air on Sky
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Liam Withnail to embark on first UK tour
Tuesday 21st November 2023
James Acaster's spoof crime podcast Springleaf attracts all-star cast
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Bob Mortimer wins Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023
Monday 20th November 2023
Bernie Clifton to publish his autobiography
Monday 20th November 2023
Green Wing team create police training sitcom Piglets
Monday 20th November 2023
BBC Studios advertises 2024 comedy writer roles
Friday 17th November 2023
Alison Steadman writes memoir
Friday 17th November 2023
Alan Carr's sitcom Changing Ends to return for Series 2
Friday 17th November 2023
Hugh Bonneville & Karen Gillan lead ITVX comedy from Steven Moffat
Friday 17th November 2023
Mike Wozniak to host new improv show on Radio 4
Thursday 16th November 2023
Joe Kent-Walters wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 as Frankie Monroe
Wednesday 15th November 2023
Radio 4 to pilot sketch show You're Part Of The Problem
Wednesday 15th November 2023
Crybabies to present their hit show Bagbeard on Radio 4
Wednesday 15th November 2023
Frank Skinner hosts Radio 4 panel show One Person Found This Helpful
Tuesday 14th November 2023
Scott Bennett records Radio 4 special
Tuesday 14th November 2023
The Horne Section to tour in 2024
Tuesday 14th November 2023
Schalk Bezuidenhout to tour the UK in October 2024
Tuesday 14th November 2023
John Pape wins West End Old New Act of the Year 2023
Tuesday 14th November 2023
Cariad Lloyd signs deal to write five children's books
Friday 10th November 2023
Amanda Craig novel The Three Graces to be developed for TV
Thursday 9th November 2023
Harry Hill releases silent rom-com film The Last Caveman
Thursday 9th November 2023
Book published to tie in with Radio 4's Nature Table
Thursday 9th November 2023
Brian Cox returns as Bob Servant for two final Radio 4 specials
Wednesday 8th November 2023
Aimee Lou Wood stars in BBC comedy Daddy Issues from Danielle Ward
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Sikisa to tour Hear Me Out stand-up show
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Bridget Christie writing a second series of The Change for Channel 4
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Peter Jones wins Beat The Frog World Series 2023 competition
Tuesday 7th November 2023
BBC Comedy Festival 2024 to take place in Glasgow in May
Monday 6th November 2023
British shows leads comedy entertainment category in Rose d'Or Awards
Monday 6th November 2023
Red Dwarf prequel planned
Monday 6th November 2023
Kunt confirms fourth Christmas chart attempt
Sunday 5th November 2023
Spike Milligan's Badjelly The Witch being made into animated TV series
Friday 3rd November 2023
Luisa Omielan announces Bitter stand-up tour
Friday 3rd November 2023
BCG Pro Talent Awards Writing 2023 winners
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Bradley Walsh unveils his Legends Of Comedy for Channel 5
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Female Pilot Club launches 2024 script call
Wednesday 1st November 2023
Sky snaps up Leo Reich's debut stand-up special
Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last Of The Summer Wine producer Alan J. W. Bell dies aged 85
Wednesday 1st November 2023
Jimmy Carr announces new Laughs Funny tour
Wednesday 1st November 2023
Starstruck's Alice Snedden pilots BBC comedy Late In Life
Tuesday 31st October 2023
Urooj Ashfaq to tour UK following Edinburgh Comedy Awards win
Tuesday 31st October 2023
Ed Patrick announces debut tour
Tuesday 31st October 2023
Cat/Person audio sitcom optioned for television
Monday 30th October 2023
Mathew Baynton to play Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sunday 29th October 2023
Only Fools And Horses The Musical announces 2024 & 2025 tour dates
Friday 27th October 2023
Missing Dad's Army episode animations coming to DVD
Thursday 26th October 2023
Harry Hill to publish children's silliness book
Thursday 26th October 2023
Two missing 1960s BBC sitcom episodes found
Thursday 26th October 2023
Catherine Bohart to tour in 2024
Thursday 26th October 2023
Mark Benton filming new BBC pilot Smoggie Queens
Thursday 26th October 2023
Jessica Fostekew to tour new stand-up show Mettle
Wednesday 25th October 2023
Morgan Rees to embark on first stand-up tour
Tuesday 24th October 2023
Short Com Film and Animation Festival open for 2024
Monday 23rd October 2023
'The Unofficial Science Of...' returns with Die Hard and Indiana Jones
Monday 23rd October 2023
Rhod Gilbert to host Stand Up To Cancer comedy roast
Monday 23rd October 2023
Haydn Gwynne dies aged 66
Friday 20th October 2023
Sue Johnston and Robert Lindsay join Generation Z cast
Wednesday 18th October 2023
The Skewer debuts screen version
Tuesday 17th October 2023
Jake Lambert to embark on first tour
Tuesday 17th October 2023
Worzel Gummidge Down Under & complete Blu-ray box set
Thursday 12th October 2023
Blackadder coming to Blu-ray
Thursday 12th October 2023
Two missing Till Death Us Do Part episodes found
Thursday 12th October 2023
Janine Harouni to tour Man'oushe show
Thursday 12th October 2023
Missing Hancock's Half Hour with Harry Secombe discovered
Thursday 12th October 2023
Rosie Holt to embark on 2024 tour
Thursday 12th October 2023
Mike Yarwood's daughters front documentary about his career
Thursday 12th October 2023
Withnail & I to premiere as stage show in 2024
Thursday 12th October 2023
Jason Manford announces 2024 and 2025 tour dates
Monday 9th October 2023
Matt Forde reveals spinal tumour
Monday 9th October 2023
Mark Steel: I have cancer
Monday 9th October 2023
Lenny Henry set to film his acclaimed play August In England
Saturday 7th October 2023
Hasan Al-Habib wins Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2023
Saturday 7th October 2023
MC Hammersmith launches debut album, and confirms 2024 tour
Friday 6th October 2023
Sam Campbell to embark on first UK tour in 2024
Friday 6th October 2023
Jack Whitehall returning to Bad Education for festive musical episode
Thursday 5th October 2023
On The Buses films get Blu-ray world premiere
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Man About The House stars reunite for documentary
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Brassic Series 6 now filming
Wednesday 4th October 2023
'LOL: Last One Laughing' set for UK version
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2023 shortlist revealed
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Ghosts Christmas special confirmed
Wednesday 4th October 2023
Man Like Mobeen returning for fifth series on BBC Three says Guz Khan
Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Alasdair Beckett-King to tour Nevermore stand-up show
Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Major pre-Python sketch show discovered
Monday 2nd October 2023
Upstart Crow axed by the BBC, David Mitchell reveals
Monday 2nd October 2023
Gold launches 2023 Christmas cracker joke competition
Monday 2nd October 2023
Alistair Barrie to tour 5-star Woke In Progress
Friday 29th September 2023
Comedy Store Players announce improv tour
Friday 29th September 2023
Jeff Innocent to tour Smart Casual next year
Friday 29th September 2023
The Skewer wins at British Podcast Awards 2023
Friday 29th September 2023
Kate Cheka wins at Funny Women Awards 2023
Friday 29th September 2023
Lee Mack replaces unwell Bob Mortimer on Gone Fishing
Thursday 28th September 2023
Fin Taylor to tour in 2024
Thursday 28th September 2023
Connor Burns announces debut tour
Tuesday 26th September 2023
Steve Coogan to star in Dr Strangelove play
Tuesday 26th September 2023
Garth Marenghi Incarcerat 2024 tour dates revealed
Monday 25th September 2023
Rhod Gilbert announces 110 date Giant Grapefruit tour
Monday 25th September 2023
Bill Bailey announces Thoughtifier arena tour
Monday 25th September 2023
Sean McLoughlin making animated sitcom Pleasure Beach with Disney
Sunday 24th September 2023
Gold orders Bottom Exposed, as Adrian Edmondson recalls Rik Mayall
Wednesday 20th September 2023
Al Murray asks 'Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?' for Sky
Tuesday 19th September 2023
Tatty Macleod to tour in 2024
Monday 18th September 2023
Russell Brand accused of rape
Saturday 16th September 2023
Maddy Anholt dies aged 35
Thursday 14th September 2023
'Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable' to return for Series 4
Thursday 14th September 2023
Fat Friends looks set to become a film
Thursday 14th September 2023
Graham Linehan writes memoir Tough Crowd about his cancelled career
Wednesday 13th September 2023
Paul Whitehouse to co-star in How We Fish live shows
Wednesday 13th September 2023
Jean Boht dies aged 91
Wednesday 13th September 2023
Daniel Foxx to tour hit show Villain
Wednesday 13th September 2023
Dom Joly prepares The Conspiracy Tour
Monday 11th September 2023
Miles Jupp to tour new show about surviving a brain tumour
Monday 11th September 2023
Mike Yarwood dies aged 82
Saturday 9th September 2023
Ian Smith to tour award-nominated show
Friday 8th September 2023
Joe Wilkinson to publish autobiography
Friday 8th September 2023
Jimmy Carr writes his first film, the Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall
Thursday 7th September 2023
CBBC orders fantasy comedy Pickle Storm from Zapped creators
Thursday 7th September 2023
Chris O'Dowd creates Sky comedy drama 'Small Town, Big Story'
Thursday 7th September 2023
Mo Gilligan joins A League Of Their Own
Tuesday 5th September 2023
Bob Mortimer reveals his second novel is a mystery, The Long Shoe
Saturday 2nd September 2023
Morgana Robinson pilots historical sketch show Blast From The Past
Thursday 31st August 2023
Comedy school to launch in North Wales
Thursday 31st August 2023
Josh Pugh to tour in 2024
Thursday 31st August 2023
Ray Bradshaw to tour in 2024
Wednesday 30th August 2023
Malcolm Hardee Awards 2023 winners
Sunday 27th August 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 results
Saturday 26th August 2023
Julia Masli and Paul Foot amongst winners of (ISH) Edinburgh Awards
Saturday 26th August 2023
Lindsey Santoro wins NextUp's Biggest Award in Comedy
Friday 25th August 2023
Comedians' Choice Awards 2023 winners
Friday 25th August 2023
Samira Banks wins 'So You Think You're Funny?' 2023
Thursday 24th August 2023
Edinburgh TV Awards winners revealed
Thursday 24th August 2023
Jimmy Carr to host Battle In The Box comedy reality show for Dave
Thursday 24th August 2023
Black Ops Series 2 ordered by BBC
Thursday 24th August 2023
Late Night Lycett gets second series
Thursday 24th August 2023
Rosie Jones lands Disability Benefits with Channel 4, her first sitcom
Thursday 24th August 2023
Funny Woman to return for Series 2
Thursday 24th August 2023
Best Newcomer nominee Paddy Young announces first tour
Thursday 24th August 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 nominations
Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston reunite for More4 road trip series
Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Comedy Poster Awards 2023 winners revealed
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Winners of the Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2023 announced
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Rosie Jones to host Comedy Central show Out Of Order
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Yung Filly & Harry Pinero front new C4 series
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Channel 4 orders Bad Baby digital prank game
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Lisa McGee gets Channel 4 comedy mystery thriller series
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe 2023 won by Lorna Rose Treen
Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Live tour of Hancock's Half Hour radio re-enactments
Monday 21st August 2023
(ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 shortlist
Monday 21st August 2023
Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2023 nominations
Sunday 20th August 2023
Third Carry On Blu-ray collection coming in November
Friday 18th August 2023
Dead Hot comedy thriller coming to Amazon Prime
Thursday 17th August 2023
So You Think You're Funny? 2023 announces 10 finalists
Wednesday 16th August 2023
Graham Linehan free speech show cancelled by Leith Arches
Tuesday 15th August 2023
Free Festival producer Lydia Mason dies aged 40
Tuesday 15th August 2023
Graham Linehan to make Fringe debut
Monday 14th August 2023
(ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards announce longlists
Monday 14th August 2023
Bournemouth Comedy Festival to launch in October
Friday 11th August 2023
Lenny Henry to look back on entertainment career in ITV special
Friday 11th August 2023
Les Dennis joins Strictly Come Dancing 2023 line-up
Friday 11th August 2023
Sacha Baron Cohen to revive Ali G for stand-up tour
Friday 11th August 2023
Amazon drops Ten Percent
Thursday 10th August 2023
Writer Simon Carlyle dies aged 48
Thursday 10th August 2023
Sitcom star Doreen Mantle dies
Wednesday 9th August 2023
Emmanuel Sonubi to embark on 2024 tour
Wednesday 9th August 2023
Rick Edwards to host Fighting Talk
Tuesday 8th August 2023
Dane Baptiste releases free show Chocolate Chip
Monday 7th August 2023
Ania Magliano to tour sell-out Fringe show
Monday 7th August 2023
Eddie Kadi joins Strictly 2023
Sunday 6th August 2023
Armando Iannucci writes play about Tories during covid
Friday 4th August 2023
Eddie Izzard bids to become Labour MP for Brighton
Friday 4th August 2023
Katherine Ryan to explore extreme parenting techniques in TV series
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Hugh Bonneville to play villain in Noel Fielding's Dick Turpin comedy
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Drunk Women Solving Crime television adaptation in the works
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 judging panel revealed
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Laura Smyth to embark on debut tour in 2024
Wednesday 2nd August 2023
BBC TV and Radio 4 team up to develop new comedy
Monday 31st July 2023
Matt Forde takes Inside No. 10 on tour
Friday 28th July 2023
The Rob Auton Show to tour in 2024
Friday 28th July 2023
Chloe Petts to tour If You Can't Say Anything Nice
Friday 28th July 2023
New comedy festival for Peckham
Thursday 27th July 2023
Ed Gamble announces massive 2024 tour
Wednesday 26th July 2023
Best Comedy Podcast 2023 nominees revealed
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Eric Rushton wins Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Channel 4 airs Gregg Wallace spoof
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Jack Whitehall films his tour Settle Down for Netflix special
Monday 24th July 2023
Gilded Balloon Teviot to close for Edinburgh Fringe 2024
Monday 24th July 2023
Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick-Wright win David Nobbs competition
Thursday 20th July 2023
Brown Sauce and Tara Theatre to launch The Comedy Lab
Monday 17th July 2023
The Sean Lock Comedy Award launched by Channel 4
Monday 17th July 2023
Richard Curtis curates Christmas Actually stage show for Comic Relief
Monday 17th July 2023
Armando Iannucci adapts Dr Strangelove for the stage
Saturday 15th July 2023
Just Stop Oil invade The Last Leg
Friday 14th July 2023
Michael McIntyre's Big Show returns to BBC One for a seventh series
Friday 14th July 2023
Riki Msindo wins Chortle Student Comedy Award 2023
Thursday 13th July 2023
Billy Connolly announces new travel book Rambling Man
Thursday 13th July 2023
Eric Morecambe novel The Reluctant Vampire to become BBC series
Wednesday 12th July 2023
Eddie Izzard to tour greatest hits show
Wednesday 12th July 2023
Jon Mountague to leave Sky
Tuesday 11th July 2023
Ed Gamble pilots culinary Taskmaster spin-off Foodmaster
Tuesday 11th July 2023
Alexandra Haddow wins West End Comedy Club bursary
Monday 10th July 2023
Channel 4.0 seeks youthful comedy ideas
Friday 7th July 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards secures multiple sponsorship deal
Thursday 6th July 2023
Thanyia Moore shares reason for truncated Fringe run, reveals TV pilot
Thursday 6th July 2023
Extraordinary wins at Broadcast Digital Awards
Thursday 6th July 2023
Sex Education to end with Series 4
Wednesday 5th July 2023
Radio 4 announces six topical comedy specials
Wednesday 5th July 2023
Open All Hours stage play to open
Tuesday 4th July 2023
Amy Webber named Dabbers Next Top Bingo Caller 2023
Tuesday 4th July 2023
Julian Clary to head out on Wild West themed 2024 tour
Tuesday 4th July 2023
Jill Scott named new A League Of Their Own captain
Tuesday 4th July 2023
Tom Little launches anxiety sitcom Don't Overthink It
Monday 3rd July 2023
Rachel Parris spoofs the news for Radio 4's The Newsmakers
Monday 3rd July 2023
Tom Allen to present BBC special My Big Gay Wedding
Friday 30th June 2023
Katherine Ryan pilots anti-Fboy dating show Canuck Boy Island
Friday 30th June 2023
West End Comedy Club launches bursary for working class comedians
Thursday 29th June 2023
William Vandyck wins Sitcom Mission 2023
Thursday 29th June 2023
Richard Herring reveals RHLSTP tour
Thursday 29th June 2023
Alternative Edinburgh Comedy Awards to launch
Thursday 29th June 2023
Question Team cancelled after two series
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Breeders to end after Series 4
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Simon Evans to tour stand-up show about memory
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Graham Norton to host ITV's Wheel Of Fortune
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 nominees
Tuesday 27th June 2023
Alice Fraser to publish D'Ancey LaGuarde book
Monday 26th June 2023
The Horne Section TV Show returning to Channel 4 for Series 2
Sunday 25th June 2023
Dawn French to publish The Twat Files book
Friday 23rd June 2023
Nick Frost to publish a book mixing cooking and memoirs
Friday 23rd June 2023
BBC Scotland announces £500k development fund for new series
Friday 23rd June 2023
BBC Two orders comedy from disability activist Kyla Harris
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Smack The Pony star Fiona Allen announces first tour
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Comedians Giving Lectures cancelled after three series
Thursday 22nd June 2023
'Sorry, I Didn't Know' to return for Series 4
Wednesday 21st June 2023
Stand-up comic starts legal action over Live At The Moth Club format
Tuesday 20th June 2023
Hold The Front Page returning for a second series
Tuesday 20th June 2023
We Are Not Alone will not return to Dave
Tuesday 20th June 2023
Angela Thorne dies aged 84
Monday 19th June 2023
Chris McCausland set for 2024 tour
Monday 19th June 2023
Leigh Francis announces first live tour
Monday 19th June 2023
Netflix axed Hard Cell without telling me says Catherine Tate
Saturday 17th June 2023
The Big Narstie Show cancelled
Friday 16th June 2023
Paul Sinha writes autobiography as he contemplates end of his career
Friday 16th June 2023
Doon Mackichan returns to Two Doors Down
Friday 16th June 2023
Jason Byrne to head out on 2023 tour
Thursday 15th June 2023
Viggo Venn announces debut UK tour
Thursday 15th June 2023
Big Boys, Derry Girls, Jordan Gray, Leo Reich up for South Bank Awards
Thursday 15th June 2023
Aurie Styla to set off on 2024 tour
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Mark Nelson to embark on debut UK tour
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Brian Butterfield tour confirmed
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Louise Atkinson and Priya Hall amongst 99 Club bursary recipients
Wednesday 14th June 2023
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Production 2023 results
Tuesday 13th June 2023
The Golden Cobra returning to BBC Wales
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Andrew Bird to tour stand-up show Taken Seriously
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Helen Bauer announces tour, as debut special published online
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza to return for Series 2
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Hypothetical cancelled after four series
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Deep Heat axed by ITV2, but Max & Ivan preparing big West End show
Monday 12th June 2023
Linda Robson & Dapper Laughs shoot crime comedy film Bermondsey Tales
Saturday 10th June 2023
Bill Bailey embarks upon Perfect Pub Walks for Channel 4
Thursday 8th June 2023
Pope Lonergan's book I'll Die After Bingo to be adapted for TV
Thursday 8th June 2023
Big Boys Series 2 now filming
Wednesday 7th June 2023
Barry Cryer biography penned by his son to be published this autumn
Wednesday 7th June 2023
Nish Kumar's debut stand-up special coming to Sky
Tuesday 6th June 2023
Viggo Venn wins Britain's Got Talent 2023
Monday 5th June 2023
Markus Birdman announces 2023 tour
Friday 2nd June 2023
Taskmaster Series 16 line-up revealed
Thursday 1st June 2023
Sitcom Mission 2023 longlist announced
Thursday 1st June 2023
Vinyl release of One Foot radio adaptations
Thursday 1st June 2023
Ken Dodd Show with The Beatles recovered
Tuesday 30th May 2023
BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 open for entries
Tuesday 30th May 2023
Drop The Dead Donkey to return as touring stage show
Tuesday 30th May 2023
Edinburgh Comedy Awards seek new funding
Tuesday 30th May 2023
Jennifer Zheng wins Rising Star New Act 2023 final
Monday 29th May 2023
Lloyd Griffith to embark on 2024 tour
Saturday 27th May 2023
Radio Wales to broadcast satirical panel show 'What Just Happened?'
Friday 26th May 2023
Sitcom Geeks podcast to end
Thursday 25th May 2023
Expectation and BBC Comedy announce Wales regional partnership
Thursday 25th May 2023
Clinton Baptiste tour announced for 2024
Thursday 25th May 2023
Al Murray announces 2024 tour Guv Island
Thursday 25th May 2023
BBC Comedy Collective bursary recipients announced
Thursday 25th May 2023
BBC unveils 2023 TV comedy commissions
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Bad Education returning for Series 5
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Ellie & Natasia Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Mammoth starring Mike Bubbins to return
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Lucia Keskin to star in Things You Should Have Done
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Romesh Ranganthan's Avoidance gets second series
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Mandy Series 3 starring Diane Morgan confirmed
Wednesday 24th May 2023
David Mitchell to star in new BBC comedy Ludwig
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Michelle de Swarte stars as a former catwalk model in Spent
Wednesday 24th May 2023
BBC announces raft of comedy shorts
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Gym comedy Peacock returns to BBC Three for a full series
Wednesday 24th May 2023
Reginald D Hunter announces new tour
Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Broadcast Digital Awards 2023 nominations
Monday 22nd May 2023
Andy Parsons unveils Bafflingly Optimistic tour
Monday 22nd May 2023
Pete Teckman wins Not So New Comedian Of The Year 2023
Friday 19th May 2023
Mark Watson to publish biography Mortification
Friday 19th May 2023
Life Of Brian stage show to launch in 2024
Friday 19th May 2023
Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel to return for Series 2
Friday 19th May 2023
99 Club opens applications for 2023 Female & Non-Binary Bursary
Friday 19th May 2023
The Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for Comedy announced
Friday 19th May 2023
Joe Pasquale announces 40 Years Of Cack tour
Thursday 18th May 2023
Ed Gamble to publish Glutton memoir
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Filming underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Andy Smart dies aged 63
Wednesday 17th May 2023
Rose Matafeo and Mike Wozniak to host Junior Taskmaster
Tuesday 16th May 2023
Johnny Vegas & Sian Gibson back for Murder, They Hope specials on Gold
Tuesday 16th May 2023
Lenny Henry lands two Channel 4 shows
Tuesday 16th May 2023
Derry Girls wins at BAFTA TV Awards 2023
Sunday 14th May 2023
Beyond The Fringe to be the focus of a Radio 4 drama
Saturday 13th May 2023
Peter Serafinowicz to deep fake as Elvis & take Brian Butterfield live
Friday 12th May 2023
Blackadder stamps released by Royal Mail to mark 40th anniversary
Friday 12th May 2023
Alan Partridge publishes memoir about his TV comeback, Big Beacon
Thursday 11th May 2023
David Mitchell writes a history of England's kings and queens
Thursday 11th May 2023
The Effects Of Lying is coming to ITVX
Thursday 11th May 2023
Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur pilot String V Spitta for the BBC
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Richard Coles announces 2023 tour
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Ghosts stars to publish companion book
Wednesday 10th May 2023
Fascinating Aïda to celebrate 40th anniversary via new tour
Tuesday 9th May 2023
David Mitchell brings Outsiders back to Dave for a third series
Tuesday 9th May 2023
Tom Basden, Tim Key and Carey Mulligan to star in One For The Money
Thursday 4th May 2023
The Tuckers ends after three series
Thursday 4th May 2023
The Skewer wins Gold in Radio Academy awards
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Big Zuu's Big Eats to return for Series 4
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Stand-up director Adam Brace dies aged 43
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
ITVX orders Scouse teenage sitcom G'wed
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Everyone Else Burns returning to Channel 4 for a second series
Monday 1st May 2023
The High Life set to fly again as a musical
Friday 28th April 2023
Freddie Davies organises Legends Of Variety tour
Thursday 27th April 2023
Female stand-ups pilot Gullible's Travels for Channel 4
Thursday 27th April 2023
Tom Rosenthal favours blagging around the world for travel memoir
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Daisy May Cooper and Dara O Briain launch debut podcasts via Audible
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Jordan Gray announces first UK tour
Wednesday 26th April 2023
Kieran Hodgson announces Big In Scotland tour
Tuesday 25th April 2023
BBC pilots TV adaptation of Kirk Flash's hit podcast This Is Gay
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Ashley Storrie's autism comedy drama Dinosaur picked up for BBC series
Monday 24th April 2023
Jennifer Saunders to play Captain Hook in Palladium panto
Monday 24th April 2023
Nina Conti inhabits Monkey alter-ego for dark comedy movie Sunlight
Monday 24th April 2023
Lisa McGee and Adam Kay win BAFTA writing awards
Monday 24th April 2023
Barry Humphries dies aged 89
Sunday 23rd April 2023
Blackadder pilot to be broadcast for the first time
Friday 21st April 2023
Julian Clary receives Bath Plug Award
Friday 21st April 2023
The Family Pile axed by ITV after one series
Friday 21st April 2023
BBC pilots Kirkmoore, pioneering comedy featuring an all-disabled cast
Thursday 20th April 2023
Russell Kane's Evil Genius comes to Sky History
Thursday 20th April 2023
Sky orders Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe panel show about television
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Yes Minister to return to the stage
Tuesday 18th April 2023
Mark Flynn wins Bath New Act 2023 competition
Saturday 15th April 2023
UK tour for Tommy Cooper tribute
Friday 14th April 2023
WiFi Wars announce 2023 tour
Friday 14th April 2023
BBC Comedy Festival will be in Cardiff on 24th to 26th May
Wednesday 12th April 2023
James Acaster and Ed Gamble announce Off Menu live tour
Wednesday 12th April 2023
The Queer Comedy Club launches in London
Wednesday 12th April 2023
Gareth Richards dies following car crash
Saturday 8th April 2023
Garth Marenghi's new novel is titled Incarcerat
Friday 7th April 2023
Kimberley Nixon shoots festive rom-com A Cottage Christmas
Friday 7th April 2023
Stewart Lee and Michael Cumming developing a film about Kevin Eldon
Friday 7th April 2023
Romesh Ranganathan lands BBC chat show
Friday 7th April 2023
Sky recommissions Brassic and Rob & Romesh Vs for 6th series
Thursday 6th April 2023
Künt releases anti-monarchy song via The Krown Jewels
Thursday 6th April 2023
Paul Merton returns to stand-up
Wednesday 5th April 2023
Esther Manito to head out on first tour
Tuesday 4th April 2023
London Roundhouse announces its first comedy festival
Monday 3rd April 2023
Janey Godley wins Spirit Of Glasgow award
Sunday 2nd April 2023
Ellie BW wins Sketch Off 2023
Saturday 1st April 2023
Gareth Richards in coma following car crash
Saturday 1st April 2023
Katie Norris wins Musical Comedy Awards 2023
Friday 31st March 2023
The Outlaws returning to BBC One for Series 3
Friday 31st March 2023
Al Murray to star in new Simon Nye comedy The Crown Jewels
Friday 31st March 2023
Ghosts to end on Series 5
Friday 31st March 2023
Jack Whitehall announces Settle Down tour
Friday 31st March 2023
Alan Partridge, Sue Perkins and Frank Skinner amongst ARIAS nominees
Thursday 30th March 2023
Director Muriel Box to be celebrated by BFI & STUDIOCANAL
Thursday 30th March 2023
Geoff Norcott writes 'The British Bloke Decoded'
Thursday 30th March 2023
Count Arthur Strong to tour in 2024
Thursday 30th March 2023
Rachel Fairburn announces 2023 tour
Wednesday 29th March 2023
UK leg of Mo Gilligan's In The Moment world tour announced
Wednesday 29th March 2023
Derry Girls and stars of Am I Being Unreasonable? amongst RTS winners
Wednesday 29th March 2023
Paul O'Grady dies aged 67
Wednesday 29th March 2023
New tour for Ivo Graham, Organised Fun
Tuesday 28th March 2023
Myra DuBois to tour Be Well show
Tuesday 28th March 2023
Former Dapper Laughs star Daniel O'Reilly announces stand-up tour
Tuesday 28th March 2023
DAFTAS 2023 winners announced
Tuesday 28th March 2023
Arthur Smith crowned Legend of Comedy at Leicester Comedy Awards 2023
Monday 27th March 2023
Jonathan Pie 2024 tour announced
Monday 27th March 2023
BBC Studios announces new Creators in Residence
Monday 27th March 2023
Derry Girls wins at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Friday 24th March 2023
Alfie Brown apologises for using racist language in historic routine
Friday 24th March 2023
James Murphy wins BCG Pro Performance Awards 2022
Thursday 23rd March 2023
Frankie Boyle's New World Order axed by the BBC
Thursday 23rd March 2023
Your Christmas Or Mine? sequel starts filming next month
Thursday 23rd March 2023
Adrian Edmondson to publish autobiography, Berserker!
Wednesday 22nd March 2023
BAFTA TV Awards 2023 nominations
Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Jason Dawson joins UKTV as commissioning executive
Monday 20th March 2023
Ken Cheng and Please Use Other Door win BBC Audio Awards
Monday 20th March 2023
Mrs Brown's Boys play returns to the stage
Monday 20th March 2023
Nick Mohammed and Julia Davis comedy in the works at Channel 4
Thursday 16th March 2023
Taskmaster to return for six more series, plus new kids' version
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Just For Laughs London provokes outrage with heavy-handed security
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Iain Stirling announces 2024 tour, Relevant
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Romesh Ranganathan writes kids book Lil' Muffin Drops The Mic
Wednesday 15th March 2023
Rosie Jones gets three further books
Tuesday 14th March 2023
The Witchfinder cancelled
Tuesday 14th March 2023
Paul Foot to tour Dissolve, his 'most personal show'
Monday 13th March 2023
Dawn French joins Radio 4 Cornish sketch show Wosson Cornwall
Monday 13th March 2023
Chris McCausland gets Channel 4 stand-up show
Monday 13th March 2023
Late Night Mash dropped after two series
Friday 10th March 2023
Mo Gilligan to launch stand-up showcase on Audible
Friday 10th March 2023
Sarah Millican's Bobby Dazzler coming to DVD
Thursday 9th March 2023
Chris Sussman signs Banijay first-look deal
Thursday 9th March 2023
Baldrick to read Blackadder Bedtime Story for Comic Relief
Thursday 9th March 2023
Sara Pascoe announces debut novel Weirdo
Thursday 9th March 2023
Alex Horne pilots People Watching game show for Channel 4
Thursday 9th March 2023
Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2023 nominations
Tuesday 7th March 2023
RTS 2023 award nominations revealed
Tuesday 7th March 2023
The Kemps & Rhys Thomas shooting All True mockumentary sequel for BBC
Tuesday 7th March 2023
Ed Byrne announces Tragedy Plus Time tour
Monday 6th March 2023
Mrs Brown's Boys to return for four new episodes
Sunday 5th March 2023
Ruby Wax returns to the stage with I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was
Friday 3rd March 2023
An Evening With Andy Hamilton 2023 dates announced
Friday 3rd March 2023
Bridget Christie announces 2023 tour
Friday 3rd March 2023
The Young Offenders to return for Series 4
Friday 3rd March 2023
Kate Dehnert and Cody Dahler named as BBC Studios 2023 staff writers
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Shalaka Kurup wins West End New Act of the Year 2023
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Peter Kay to publish new memoir Big Adventures On The Small Screen
Thursday 2nd March 2023
Debra Stephenson to tour Many Voices show
Wednesday 1st March 2023
Josh Berry to set off on second UK tour
Wednesday 1st March 2023
Diane Morgan and Nick Mohammed sign deals with BBC Studios
Tuesday 28th February 2023
Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2023 opens 9th March
Monday 27th February 2023
Channel 4 drops I Hate You
Monday 27th February 2023
Daniel Petrie wins Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2023
Sunday 26th February 2023
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returning for two more series
Friday 24th February 2023
NextUp to stream Angel, Monkey Barrel and Backyard gigs
Thursday 23rd February 2023
David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2023 writing competition opens
Thursday 23rd February 2023
Matt Lucas reveals new sketch show details
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Pete Firman to tour comic magic show TrikTok
Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Two Doors Down moving next door to BBC One for seventh series
Tuesday 21st February 2023
Nicola Coughlan to star in Channel 4 comedy Big Mood
Monday 20th February 2023
National Comedy Awards 2023 results
Friday 17th February 2023
Micky Flanagan announces new tour dates
Friday 17th February 2023
Joe Lycett and Mo Gilligan to receive special National Comedy Awards
Friday 17th February 2023
Still Open All Hours Series 7 cancelled by BBC One
Thursday 16th February 2023
STV to stream cleaner sitcom Dirty Water
Thursday 16th February 2023
Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run
Wednesday 15th February 2023
Brennan Reece pilots BBC 3 comedy Step 9 about alcoholism recovery
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Blackadder revival for Comic Relief
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Ignacio Lopez to tour Nine IG Fails
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Here We Go returning for two more series on BBC One
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Boris Johnson Comic Strip film scuppered by creative differences
Monday 13th February 2023
Michael McIntyre announces new Macnificent world tour
Monday 13th February 2023
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme to return in 2023
Friday 10th February 2023
The Joe Lycett Live Show coming to Friday nights on Channel 4
Thursday 9th February 2023
Steve Hewlett to embark on new ventriloquism tour
Thursday 9th February 2023
Derry Girls wins at Broadcast Awards 2023
Thursday 9th February 2023
Comedy.co.uk Awards results 2022
Wednesday 8th February 2023
Fawlty Towers sequel in development
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Rich Hardisty to tour Silly Boy show
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Please Use Other Door, The Skewer and Milton Jones up for BBC Awards
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Simon Day announces new Fast Show character tour
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Tiff Stevenson to tour Sexy Brain
Tuesday 7th February 2023
Chortle Awards 2023 results
Monday 6th February 2023
Danny Dyer to star in Mr Bigstuff as part of Sky's 2023 comedy line-up
Thursday 2nd February 2023
Tommy Cannon to embark on first solo tour
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Channel 4 to launch rap mockumentary series Dropped
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Matt Berry, Kevin Eldon & Spencer Jones join Vic & Bob film The Glove
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Geoff Norcott announces Basic Bloke tour
Tuesday 31st January 2023
The Windsors returning for new series and King's Coronation special
Monday 30th January 2023
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2022 finalists
Friday 27th January 2023
Alan Carr sitcom Changing Ends begins filming
Friday 27th January 2023
Inside No. 9 Series 8 guest stars revealed
Friday 27th January 2023
Maisie Adam pilots "twisted" opinions stand-up show for TV
Thursday 26th January 2023
Sooz Kempner to set out on debut comedy tour
Thursday 26th January 2023
Griff Rhys Jones to tour stand-up show The Cat's Pyjamas
Thursday 26th January 2023
Graham Linehan to make stand-up debut
Wednesday 25th January 2023
Lucy Beaumont to set out on debut tour
Wednesday 25th January 2023
Superpower sitcom Extraordinary returning to Disney+ for second series
Tuesday 24th January 2023
Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced
Tuesday 24th January 2023
Boffola appoints Joe Nunnery Head of Comedy
Tuesday 24th January 2023
National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed
Monday 23rd January 2023
Vinyl highlights collection for Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
Friday 20th January 2023
Dabber's Social Bingo launches Next Top Bingo Caller 2023 contest
Friday 20th January 2023
What The Aitch prank show to launch on Snapchat
Thursday 19th January 2023
1980s alternative comedy star The Iceman reveals all in new book
Thursday 19th January 2023
Kelsey Grammer working on UK restaurant series
Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last missing Navy Lark episode recovered
Wednesday 18th January 2023
Amy Gledhill to tour The Girl Before The Girl You Marry
Wednesday 18th January 2023
Alex Kealy announces Winner Takes All tour
Tuesday 17th January 2023
Michael Spicer and Adam Kay amongst Writers' Guild Award winners
Tuesday 17th January 2023
DMs Are Open to return, but with changes
Monday 16th January 2023
Room 101 to return to Radio 4 as part of 2023 comedy offerings
Monday 16th January 2023
TV Foundation launches New Writers Collective competition
Monday 16th January 2023
Big Finish Comedy Playhouse competition launched
Monday 16th January 2023
There She Goes returning for hour-long special on BBC Two
Monday 16th January 2023
Nicholas Lyndhurst to co-star in Frasier sequel
Saturday 14th January 2023
Seann Walsh pilots therapy sitcom, Rowan
Friday 13th January 2023
"Frustrated" Ricky Gervais responds to fans turned away from York show
Thursday 12th January 2023
Hayley Ellis wins double at North West Comedy Awards
Thursday 12th January 2023
Jamie Demetriou lands debut Netflix special, A Whole Lifetime
Wednesday 11th January 2023
Ben Cavey joins production company 42
Tuesday 10th January 2023
Tom Binns admits possessing child pornography
Monday 9th January 2023
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist
Monday 9th January 2023
Munya Chawawa pilots late night Channel 4 sketch show
Thursday 5th January 2023
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe pilot Sky panel show about TV
Wednesday 4th January 2023
Robin Morgan to tour in 2023
Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Aisling Bea stars in Sky step-parenting comedy
Monday 2nd January 2023
Mark Simmons named Comics' Comic 2022
Sunday 1st January 2023