Filming starts this week on Fleabag, a brand new BBC Three comedy.The cast includes Olivia Colman (Rev, Peep Show, The Night Manager), Bill Paterson (Outlander, Sea of Souls, Dad’s Army), Hugh Dennis... more
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Former BBC and Sky Head of Comedy Lucy Lumsden has signed a first look deal with ABC Studios as she launches her own company Yellow Door Productions.Lumsden left Sky in September saying that she... more
The legendary Roof Gardens in Kensington is staging its very first Comedy Festival on Sunday 26th June 2016. Katy Brand and Sam Simmons are among the performers who will be gigging From 3pm – 9pm... more
Eccentric musical comedian Reggie Watts is to play a one-off date at the Royal Festival Hall on July 16. This is the same day that he will be appearing at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk.The... more
A campaign has been launched to get BBC2's Live at the Apollo to feature veteran comic Jeff Innocent.There is currently a petition on change.org which supporters can sign here. It will be presented... more
Charlie Higson, Kerry Howard, Marcus Brigstocke and David Walliams are among the top comedians calling on secondary school students to become classroom jokers for a new comedy writing... more
Jason Manford and David Walliams are to be the two opposing captains in a new television panel game being tried out onstage next month.In Is This Your Life?, being developed for ITV1, teams will be... more
Rob Brydon, David Walliams and Barry Cryer were among the stars who attended the funeral of Ronnie Corbett today.The funeral took place at St John the Evangelist Church near to Corbett's home in... more
UKTV has commissioned a second series of Marley’s Ghosts for its comedy channel Gold. The sitcom, starring John Hannah and Sarah Alexander, was the second highest rated show on... more
The award winners at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival have been announced. Zoe Coombs Marr won the biggest prize, the prestigious Barry Award, for her show Trigger Warning.... more
