Myfanwy Moore, UK Controller of Comedy Production, is to leave the BBC.She told her colleagues the following this afternoon: "I have decided to take off my comedy bow tie, and leave the department.... more
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Comedian Frankie Boyle has expressed annoyance that his latest column in the Guardian was cut.Boyle's column yesterday about the possibility of a Jeremy Corbyn government ran on Tuesday but after a... more
Watch Ride Along 2 stars Kevin Hart and Ice Cube admire The Midnight Beast's light up laces. Their new video is set in Miami where the boys head after trousering some money from their dead granny.[... more
Satirical sitcom Veep won Best TV Situation Comedy and Deborah Frances-White won Best Radio Comedy for Deborah Frances-White Rolls The Dice at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain... more
Award-winning comic Dave Spikey has extended his Punchlines tour with a series of 2016 dates, kicking off on March 3 in New Brighton.Before then on February 4 he is appearing in a... more
There seems to be a question mark over whether The Brittas Empire is going to return to the BBC.The sitcom, starring Chris Barrie as hapless leisure centre boss Gordon Brittas ran from 1991 to 1997.... more
A number of fans were ejected from Kevin Hart's Birmingham show because they had their phones out.According to this report before the Barclaycard Arena gig started on Friday night an... more
Voting has now opened for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards. There is no jury, this is an entirely public online vote and there are no shortlists – you can vote for anything in each of the categories.... more
Ricky Gervais has become involved in just two spats this week.Following his hosting of the Golden Globes, Caitlyn Jenner has responded to his quips. At the awards Gervais said: “I’ve changed. Well,... more
Simon Callow is to star in The Rebel, a new sitcom for the Gold channel inspired by Andrew Birch’s long-running cartoon strip in The Oldie Magazine.The actor, best known for his appearances in... more
