British Comedy Guide 2019 news archive

Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2019.

Midlands Comedy Awards 2019 results
Monday 30th December 2019
Neil Innes dies aged 75
Monday 30th December 2019
More than 17 million watch Gavin & Stacey
Thursday 26th December 2019
Tony Britton dies aged 95
Sunday 22nd December 2019
Kenny Lynch dies aged 81
Wednesday 18th December 2019
New hosts revealed for The News Quiz
Tuesday 17th December 2019
Gold orders Britain's Greatest Comedy Character
Monday 16th December 2019
A new Prince Harry for The Windsors
Monday 16th December 2019
Line-up for Jeremy Hardy tribute gig revealed
Monday 16th December 2019
Art exhibition showcasing work by comedians opens
Friday 13th December 2019
Comedian proposes to girlfriend on stage
Thursday 12th December 2019
The Office voted best Christmas sitcom special
Wednesday 11th December 2019
Arthur Askey TV series recovered
Friday 6th December 2019
Chortle Comedy Book Festival 2020 line-up revealed
Friday 6th December 2019
This Country to be re-made in America
Thursday 5th December 2019
Vlad Ilich wins Up The Creek's One To Watch competition
Thursday 5th December 2019
Writers' Guild Awards 2020 shortlist
Wednesday 4th December 2019
Lost Voice Guy named Ents24 Hardest Working Comedian
Monday 2nd December 2019
Michael McIntyre's Big Show wins Rose d'Or Award
Monday 2nd December 2019
Jeremy Hardy tribute book to be published
Friday 29th November 2019
People Just Do Nothing head to Japan for new film
Thursday 28th November 2019
Python release new country version of I'm So Worried
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Jonathan Miller dies aged 85
Wednesday 27th November 2019
Dave commissions new food show with Big Zuu and stand-ups
Tuesday 26th November 2019
Casting announced for Upstart Crow stage show
Tuesday 26th November 2019
BBC Scotland reveals new sitcom pilots
Tuesday 26th November 2019
Channel 4 to live stream comedy on Tuesday
Monday 25th November 2019
BBC Radio reveals festive comedy highlights 2019
Monday 25th November 2019
Election interviews for Scot Squad
Sunday 24th November 2019
Ben Stiller to re-make Channel 4's Home for USA
Saturday 23rd November 2019
The Young Offenders to return for Series 3
Friday 22nd November 2019
Matt Lucas and David Walliams consider TV reunion
Friday 22nd November 2019
Taskmaster moves to Channel 4
Friday 22nd November 2019
Vicki Pepperdine and Morgana Robinson star in Radio 2 comedy
Friday 22nd November 2019
BBC One passes on Scarborough Series 2
Thursday 21st November 2019
Shopping With Keith Lemon Series 2 confirmed
Thursday 21st November 2019
Comedies shortlisted for Broadcast Awards 2020
Thursday 21st November 2019
Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry to guest star in Doctor Who
Thursday 21st November 2019
Comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2020
Tuesday 19th November 2019
Back To Life Series 2 confirmed
Tuesday 19th November 2019
Adam Buxton to publish Ramble Book
Monday 18th November 2019
Channel 4's Alternative Election Night to return
Monday 18th November 2019
Last Of The Summer Wine star Jean Fergusson dies aged 74
Friday 15th November 2019
Sally Phillips making Swedish rom-com film
Friday 15th November 2019
Tony Slattery to present mental health TV documentary
Thursday 14th November 2019
Comedian Jon Harvey to take on Boris Johnson as Count Binface
Thursday 14th November 2019
Jayde Adams to present Channel 4 food show
Thursday 14th November 2019
52 Times Britain Was A Bellend gets TV deal
Wednesday 13th November 2019
The Darling Buds Of May set for comeback
Wednesday 13th November 2019
ITV to launch John Bishop At The Weekend
Wednesday 13th November 2019
Bec Hill films virtual reality version of her live show
Friday 8th November 2019
Third series for Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
Thursday 7th November 2019
British comedies nominated for 2019 Rose d'Or Awards
Wednesday 6th November 2019
Taskmaster to move to Channel 4?
Wednesday 6th November 2019
Evaldas Karosas wins Beat The Frog 2019
Tuesday 5th November 2019
Lucy Porter and Brenda Gilhooly to pilot Add And Delete
Monday 4th November 2019
Alexei Sayle to tour in 2020
Monday 4th November 2019
Winston Gregory wins Chorts! 2019 video competition
Sunday 3rd November 2019
Dave to launch CALM stand-up showcase
Friday 1st November 2019
New online sitcom with BCG Pro writers announced
Tuesday 29th October 2019
Filming starts on Friday Night Dinner Series 6
Monday 28th October 2019
Little Britain to return for Brexit special
Sunday 27th October 2019
Comedians donate jokes to fundraising poster
Friday 25th October 2019
Rob Brydon to tour with his band in 2020
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Defending The Guilty Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Python special features revealed
Monday 21st October 2019
Jon & Lucy trial Channel 4's own One Show
Monday 21st October 2019
Paul O'Grady to pilot Saturday night show
Friday 18th October 2019
Red Dwarf to return for two hour special
Friday 18th 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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