British Comedy Guide 2020 news archive

Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2020.

Comedy actors receive New Year honours
Thursday 31st December 2020
Mrs Brown's Boys suffers in cross-channel ratings drop
Sunday 27th December 2020
Deepfake Queen to deliver comical Alternative Christmas Message
Thursday 24th December 2020
Mackenzie Crook moots Detectorists revival
Tuesday 22nd December 2020
Death To 2020 details confirmed
Monday 21st December 2020
Scott Bennett and Lou Conran win Comics' Comic Awards
Monday 21st December 2020
Kunt's Boris song in Christmas chart race despite Radio 1 censorship
Monday 21st December 2020
Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Jamali Maddix pilot witches comedy
Monday 21st December 2020
Actor Rosalind Knight dies aged 87
Sunday 20th December 2020
Eddie Izzard is now using 'she' and 'her' pronouns
Sunday 20th December 2020
Tom Davis to return to stand-up comedy
Sunday 20th December 2020
Bill Bailey wins Strictly Come Dancing
Saturday 19th December 2020
Comedians accuse Big Fat Quiz Of The Year of sexism
Friday 18th December 2020
UK Pun Championship 2021 line-up announced
Friday 18th December 2020
Taskmaster Series 11 line-up revealed
Thursday 17th December 2020
Kiri Pritchard-McLean to host BBC Radio Wales show
Thursday 17th December 2020
The Russell Howard Hour to return for two more series
Thursday 17th December 2020
Richard Herring and Nick Helm star in Giddy Stratospheres film
Thursday 17th December 2020
Mrs Brown's Boys renewed until 2026
Thursday 17th December 2020
Catherine Tate and Mark Bonnar voice Tom Gates series
Wednesday 16th December 2020
London Hughes to star in Hollywood film Hot Mess
Wednesday 16th December 2020
Stath Lets Flats to be remade in America
Wednesday 16th December 2020
Harry Hill creates Tony Blair rock opera
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Big Zuu Series 2 line-up announced
Tuesday 15th December 2020
Christopher Walken confirmed for Stephen Merchant's The Offenders
Monday 14th December 2020
Comedians in control in Sky's Dating No Filter
Monday 14th December 2020
BBC Comedy Association launched to support creators
Monday 14th December 2020
Rowan Atkinson to star in Netflix series Man Vs Bee
Monday 14th December 2020
Lew Fitz wins Amused Moose award
Sunday 13th December 2020
Eddie Izzard announces a month of marathons and gigs
Friday 11th December 2020
John-Luke Roberts plans vinyl album
Friday 11th December 2020
Jongleurs comedy club brand to be revived
Friday 11th December 2020
Just A Minute to return with guest presenters
Friday 11th December 2020
Barbara Windsor dies aged 83
Friday 11th December 2020
Lenny Henry to write ITV drama Three Little Birds
Thursday 10th December 2020
Darling Buds Of May adaptation The Larkins coming to ITV
Thursday 10th December 2020
Sex Education wins international Rose d'Or award
Wednesday 9th December 2020
Bobby Ball to get statue in Lytham
Wednesday 9th December 2020
Stanley Baxter receives BAFTA Scotland award
Wednesday 9th December 2020
Danny & Mick to return to CBBC
Tuesday 8th December 2020
'Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled' to return
Tuesday 8th December 2020
Netflix renews Feel Good for second series
Monday 7th December 2020
Ken Dodd biography The Squire Of Knotty Ash to be published
Monday 7th December 2020
Staged and After Life win I Talk Telly Awards
Sunday 6th December 2020
Charlie Brooker declares Death To 2020 for Netflix
Thursday 3rd December 2020
Rich Hall writing "fictional" memoir
Thursday 3rd December 2020
BBC to broadcast Comic Relief pantomime
Thursday 3rd December 2020
Lee Mack replaces Stephen Fry in The Understudy
Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Diane Morgan to star in sitcom pilot Lethal
Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Gavin & Stacey stars reunite on BBC Radio Wales
Wednesday 2nd December 2020
A League Of Their Own announces UK Road Trip
Tuesday 1st December 2020
David Earl movie Brian & Charles begins filming
Tuesday 1st December 2020
Keith Lemon announces online Daft Games Night
Monday 30th November 2020
Taskmaster special line-up revealed
Monday 30th November 2020
Angela Barnes stars in Bird sitcom pilot
Monday 30th November 2020
Ellie Taylor to publish a book about motherhood
Monday 30th November 2020
French & Saunders to star in Radio 4 comedy
Monday 30th November 2020
Jo Brand to present How To Stay Sane In A Mad World
Friday 27th November 2020
Tom Moutchi and Kerry Godliman to star in BBC sitcom pilot
Friday 27th November 2020
Matt Lucas releases 'Merry Christmas, Baked Potato' single
Friday 27th November 2020
Ncuti Gatwa wins Rose d'Or award
Thursday 26th November 2020
Big Boys - a sitcom by Jack Rooke - to be filmed for Channel 4
Thursday 26th November 2020
Guilt Series 2 in production
Wednesday 25th November 2020
GameFace ends on Channel 4 after two series
Tuesday 24th November 2020
ITV to air Des O'Connor tribute
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Pandemonium sitcom coming to BBC One
Tuesday 24th November 2020
BBC reveals its Christmas 2020 comedy specials
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Miranda Hart to host Christmas show
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Motherland to return for Christmas special
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Upstart Crow to return for Christmas special
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Bridget Jones documentary coming to BBC Two
Tuesday 24th November 2020
King Gary Christmas special confirmed
Tuesday 24th November 2020
Have I Got News For You documentary to celebrate 30 years
Monday 23rd November 2020
Matt Berry to return as Steven Toast in new BBC series
Monday 23rd November 2020
London Hughes up for South Bank breakthrough award
Monday 23rd November 2020
This Way Up Series 2 confirmed
Friday 20th November 2020
Amazon and Soho Theatre team up for 20 new stand-up specials
Thursday 19th November 2020
Taskmaster Christmas special revealed
Thursday 19th November 2020
Feel Good wins at Edinburgh TV Awards
Wednesday 18th November 2020
Beano publishes comic for adults
Wednesday 18th November 2020
Benji Waterstones to publish book about being a psychiatrist
Wednesday 18th November 2020
Jason Manford to host Royal Variety Performance 2020
Wednesday 18th November 2020
Stand Up And Deliver celebrity line-up revealed
Wednesday 18th November 2020
School's Out Comedy Club to publish a joke book
Tuesday 17th November 2020
Vicar Of Dibley to return for lockdown specials
Tuesday 17th November 2020
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains coming to Comedy Central
Tuesday 17th November 2020
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue tops best radio comedy list
Tuesday 17th November 2020
Paul O'Grady becomes British Music Hall Society president
Monday 16th November 2020
Des O'Connor dies aged 88
Sunday 15th November 2020
Hi-De-Hi! cast to reunite for online Q&A
Friday 13th November 2020
Famalam nominated in 2020 Rose d'Or Awards
Thursday 12th November 2020
ITV's winter schedule to feature Billy Connolly and Mr Bean
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown coming to ITV
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Lee Mack to present new ITV game show The 1% Club
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Graham Norton to quit Radio 2
Wednesday 11th November 2020
BBC Scotland sketch show 'Only An Excuse?' to end after 27 years
Tuesday 10th November 2020
Radio 4 to pilot ethnic minority comedy BAMESHOW
Tuesday 10th November 2020
Bravo Two Charlies returns to Radio Wales for Series 3
Monday 9th November 2020
Isy Suttie writes her debut novel
Monday 9th November 2020
Age Of Outrage sketch show series commissioned for BBC Wales
Sunday 8th November 2020
The Tuckers to return for two more series
Sunday 8th November 2020
I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations
Sunday 8th November 2020
Jennifer Saunders to present ITV talk show in a car
Friday 6th November 2020
Geoffrey Palmer dies aged 93
Friday 6th November 2020
Rosie Jones developing BBC sitcom
Friday 6th November 2020
Hugh Laurie to voice Terry Pratchett film The Amazing Maurice
Thursday 5th November 2020
CBBC orders gaming comedy drama, and renews other shows
Thursday 5th November 2020
Geoff Norcott to publish memoir Where Did I Go Right?
Thursday 5th November 2020
ITV to air Bobby Ball tribute
Wednesday 4th November 2020
Birds Of A Feather to return for Christmas special
Wednesday 4th November 2020
John Sessions dies aged 67
Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Nigel Ng attacked in suspected Covid-related hate crime
Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Dan Tiernan wins Beat The Frog 2020 competition
Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Stanley Baxter comes out in shock new biography
Monday 2nd November 2020
Nina Conti is writing a memoir with her puppet Monkey
Monday 2nd November 2020
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson returning with more murder mysteries
Monday 2nd November 2020
Rob Kemp's Elvis Dead live show to be released on VHS
Monday 2nd November 2020
Lenny Henry to publish books for children
Saturday 31st October 2020
This Country USA remake gets 14 episode series order
Friday 30th October 2020
Kiri Pritchard-McLean lands a hat-trick of BBC radio comedies
Friday 30th October 2020
Blankety Blank to return at Christmas with Bradley Walsh
Friday 30th October 2020
Comedy writer Sara Gibbs pens autism memoir
Friday 30th October 2020
Spencer Jones's sitcom Mister Winner axed
Friday 30th October 2020
State Of The Union to return for Series 2
Friday 30th October 2020
Sky launches new Morph series
Thursday 29th October 2020
Sarah Millican's Radio 4 show to return
Thursday 29th October 2020
Bobby Ball dies aged 76
Thursday 29th October 2020
Emma Thompson to star in Katy Brand's film
Wednesday 28th October 2020
Comedian Sean Collins makes film criticising coronavirus lockdown
Tuesday 27th October 2020
Sky to air Micky Flanagan documentary
Tuesday 27th October 2020
iPlayer adds Vicar Of Dibley, Catherine Tate and Royle Family
Saturday 24th October 2020
The News Quiz names Andy Zaltzman as permanent host
Friday 23rd October 2020
Network announces deluxe Gurney Slade restoration
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Refurbished Stockton Globe announces first comedy shows
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Two Doors Down to return for Christmas special
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Grace Campbell has written a book about shame
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Michael Sheen and David Tennant film Staged Series 2
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Comedians take part in University Challenge for Children In Need
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Stephen Fry hails 21st Century Firsts in new ITV documentary
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Lost Voice Guy to host Radio 4 showcase of comedians with disabilities
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Comedians feature in Channel 4's festive schedule
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Spitting Image special to be shown on ITV
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Stath Lets Flats returning for Series 3
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Channel 4 orders retro crime comedy from People Just Do Nothing team
Tuesday 20th October 2020
Harry Hill to launch ambient noise podcast
Tuesday 20th October 2020
Dane Baptiste to pilot BBC Three entertainment show Bamous
Tuesday 20th October 2020
David Threlfall to star in Film Club comedy series
Sunday 18th October 2020
Daliso Chaponda's Radio 4 show to return for Series 3
Saturday 17th October 2020
Jack Carroll to star in religious pilgrimage play
Friday 16th October 2020
Posters revealed for Vic & Bob's The Glove
Friday 16th October 2020
The Pin to make West End stage debut
Thursday 15th October 2020
Man Like Mobeen wins at Broadcast Digital Awards 2020
Wednesday 14th October 2020
Winners announced for Louise Rennison Award 2020
Wednesday 14th October 2020
Ignacio Lopez to record stand-up special in Manchester
Wednesday 14th October 2020
Rosie Jones to return to Radio 4 for more Box Ticker shows
Wednesday 14th October 2020
Al Murray to star in Radio 4 sketch show
Monday 12th October 2020
Ed Gamble to host official Taskmaster podcast
Monday 12th October 2020
Jon Courtenay wins Britain's Got Talent 2020
Sunday 11th October 2020
The Amelia Gething Complex to return for Series 2
Friday 9th October 2020
The Thick Of It writer pens Cold War satire
Thursday 8th October 2020
Sukh Ojla writes her first novel
Thursday 8th October 2020
Katherine Ryan announces Missus 2021-2022 live tour
Thursday 8th October 2020
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! gets cinema release
Thursday 8th October 2020
Radio 4 orders Michael Spicer sitcom series
Thursday 8th October 2020
CBBC orders new comedy Monster Court
Monday 5th October 2020
Victoria Wood's Secret List coming to BBC Two
Saturday 3rd October 2020
Did The Daily Show "rip off" Room Next Door creator Michael Spicer?
Friday 2nd October 2020
Cast details revealed for Iain Stirling's ITV sitcom Buffering
Friday 2nd October 2020
Ian Cognito film being made
Friday 2nd October 2020
Radio 4 orders Chris Neill's Woof follow-up Raging Enigma
Thursday 1st October 2020
CBBC star Archie Lyndhurst dies aged 19
Thursday 1st October 2020
Netflix in talks to reboot Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
Thursday 1st October 2020
Frank Skinner writing a book about the "magic" of religious faith
Wednesday 30th September 2020
People Just Do Nothing team take gym comedy to BBC
Wednesday 30th September 2020
Imran Yusuf to record Radio 4 stand-up show
Tuesday 29th September 2020
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing to return for fourth series
Tuesday 29th September 2020
Elizabeth Day writing TV comedy based on How To Fail
Monday 28th September 2020
Dave resumes work on Richard Ayoade pilot
Monday 28th September 2020
David Walliams to make two more After Ever After specials
Monday 28th September 2020
Tez Ilyas announces debut book
Monday 28th September 2020
Cast revealed for 'What A Carve Up!' online show
Monday 28th September 2020
thortful launches BCG birthday card range
Friday 25th September 2020
BBC reverses decision on hosting James Veitch's Radio 4 show
Friday 25th September 2020
Animated kids' comedy Scream Street gets Series 2
Thursday 24th September 2020
Jason Isaacs amongst the cast joining Sex Education Series 3
Thursday 24th September 2020
Alan Partridge statue erected in Norwich
Thursday 24th September 2020
London Hughes to record Netflix special
Thursday 24th September 2020
The Ladykillers returning to cinema & Blu-ray
Thursday 24th September 2020
Radio 4 to broadcast Nicholas Parsons tribute evening
Thursday 24th September 2020
Comedy stars take part in Who Do You Think You Are?
Thursday 24th September 2020
Stewart Lee sings on folk album
Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Scottish Comedy Awards 2020 results
Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Comedy Central orders Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson
Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Sara Pascoe to host Comedy Central series Guessable
Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Writer George Jeffrie dies
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Izzy Askwith wins Funny Women Awards 2020 competition
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Filming begins on paramedic comedy Bloods
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Gina Yashere to publish her autobiography
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Daniel Sloss delays book after falling out of love with America
Monday 21st September 2020
Witless gets US remake
Monday 21st September 2020
Still Open All Hours to return
Sunday 20th September 2020
Sara Pascoe to write a book about murder
Thursday 17th September 2020
Bradley Walsh to host Blankety Blank revival
Thursday 17th September 2020
John Cleese to play Father Christmas
Tuesday 15th September 2020
Big Zuu's Big Eats to return to Dave
Monday 14th September 2020
Don't Hate The Playaz to return for Series 3
Monday 14th September 2020
Katherine Ryan working on The Duchess Series 2
Friday 11th September 2020
Emily Atack and Laura Whitmore join Celebrity Juice as team captains
Thursday 10th September 2020
Never Mind The Buzzcocks being revived by Sky
Thursday 10th September 2020
Tom Mayhew to record Radio 4 stand-up series
Thursday 10th September 2020
Netflix to turn David Walliams's Bad Dad book into a film
Wednesday 9th September 2020
New Netflix shows for Ricky Gervais
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Matt Lucas signs four book deal
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Sacha Baron Cohen to return in Borat 2
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Man Like Mobeen to return for Series 4
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Josie Long speaks about violent online threats and sexism in comedy
Wednesday 9th September 2020
Worzel Gummidge to return for new special, Saucy Nancy
Tuesday 8th September 2020
British Comedy Guide announces Laughter Lounge online comedy festival
Monday 7th September 2020
Barry Cryer's Comedy Legends to return for a third series
Monday 7th September 2020
Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2020
Monday 7th September 2020
Doc Martin to end
Monday 7th September 2020
Bill Oddie reveals he has been 'very ill'
Sunday 6th September 2020
Limmy to quit TV with final special
Saturday 5th September 2020
Liam Hourican stars in new film La Cha Cha
Thursday 3rd September 2020
Steve Coogan to star in Richard III film The Lost King
Thursday 3rd September 2020
Bill Bailey to take part in Strictly Come Dancing 2020
Thursday 3rd September 2020
James Veitch's show to remain on BBC Sounds despite rape allegations
Wednesday 2nd September 2020
TV warm-up comedian Ian Royce dies aged 51
Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Meera Syal to bring back Granny Kumar on Radio 4
Tuesday 1st September 2020
The Fast Show could return as a live show
Saturday 29th August 2020
Black panel show Sorry, I Didn't Know returns for series
Thursday 27th August 2020
ITV to document 'Black Comedy Legends'
Thursday 27th August 2020
Katherine Ryan to host jewellery crafting show
Wednesday 26th August 2020
BBC One orders Greg Davies's The Cleaner
Wednesday 26th August 2020
Comedy shows nominated in Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Mawaan Rizwan to co-host Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Mo Gilligan to host one-off Big Breakfast revival
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Comedy travelogue for Rosie Jones & C4
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Channel 4 announces National Comedy Awards
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Dawn French leads all-star cast in Roald & Beatrix
Monday 24th August 2020
Mo Gilligan to present Channel 4 documentary Black, British And Funny
Monday 24th August 2020
Rob And Romesh Vs to return to Sky One
Friday 21st August 2020
Mel & Sue sitcom Hitmen to return for Series 2
Thursday 20th August 2020
Radio 4 orders series from Olga Koch
Wednesday 19th August 2020
Alice Levine named next curator of The Museum Of Curiosity
Wednesday 19th August 2020
Channel 5 to celebrate Victoria Wood in new documentary
Tuesday 18th August 2020
Comics contribute to new 'Futures' book series
Monday 17th August 2020
Meet The Richardsons to return for Series 2
Monday 17th August 2020
The Stand Up Sketch Show to return for Series 3
Monday 17th August 2020
Radio 4 creates new sketch show Drop The Dead Panda
Monday 17th August 2020
The Lenny Henry Show returns via Radio 4
Friday 14th August 2020
Anna Morris to record Radio 4 stand-up special
Friday 14th August 2020
Have I Got News For You producers suggest studio audience plan
Friday 14th August 2020
Sky orders darkly comic horror series The Baby
Wednesday 12th August 2020
Clare In The Community highlights book to be published
Tuesday 11th August 2020
Radio 4 commissions sight loss series from Jamie MacDonald
Tuesday 11th August 2020
Alan Partridge set for live show return
Tuesday 11th August 2020
David Baddiel to publish book about antisemitism
Tuesday 11th August 2020
Alan Carr to present BBC series Interior Design Masters
Tuesday 11th August 2020
This Country stars writing new comedy series
Monday 10th August 2020
Gold to broadcast second Fast Show special
Monday 10th August 2020
New Live At The Apollo highlights series
Thursday 6th August 2020
Njambi McGrath to record Radio 4 stand-up series
Thursday 6th August 2020
Mark Watson writes his first film
Wednesday 5th August 2020
Vic Reeves to publish his first art book in a decade
Wednesday 5th August 2020
BBC Three to pilot sitcom set in a pupil referral unit
Wednesday 5th August 2020
Mark Watson to publish 'disaster memoir' Eight Deaths
Tuesday 4th August 2020
Lenny Henry to publish new book Rising To The Surface
Tuesday 4th August 2020
Ashley Blaker lands new Radio 4 series
Tuesday 4th August 2020
Romesh Ranganathan to host A League Of Their Own
Monday 3rd August 2020
New film Say Your Prayers to be released in September
Monday 3rd August 2020
Jamali Maddix to host Comedy Central's Edinburgh Fringe series
Monday 3rd August 2020
Stath Lets Flats leads comedy results at BAFTA TV Awards 2020
Friday 31st July 2020
Channel 5 to celebrate classic sitcoms and sketches
Friday 31st July 2020
Gbemisola Ikumelo's Brain In Gear commissioned
Friday 31st July 2020
Legendary sitcom producer/director Sydney Lotterby dies
Thursday 30th July 2020
Taskmaster Series 10 line-up revealed
Wednesday 29th July 2020
The Real McCoy added to BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 29th July 2020
Network launches archive ITV streaming platform
Wednesday 29th July 2020
Filming starts on BBC comedy drama The Pursuit Of Love
Tuesday 28th July 2020
Jewish comedians boycott social media for 48 hours
Monday 27th July 2020
Al Murray to publish spoof history book
Saturday 25th July 2020
Rose Matafeo gets a second series of her BBC sitcom Starstruck
Friday 24th July 2020
Jonathan Ross to present ITV comedy showcase series
Thursday 23rd July 2020
Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston abandon plans for care home sitcom
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Matt Forde to publish Politically Homeless book
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
Cast revealed for Diane Morgan's sitcom Mandy
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
BBC orders new stand-up series to support grassroots comedy
Tuesday 21st July 2020
Live At The Apollo Series 16 delayed until 2021
Monday 20th July 2020
Mel Giedroyc to present Channel 4 series Good With Wood
Monday 20th July 2020
Live comedy will receive government funding
Saturday 18th July 2020
Comedy stars curate Summer Comedy Festival on Radio 4
Saturday 18th July 2020
Aisling Bea & Jamie Demetriou pick up BAFTAs
Friday 17th July 2020
Frank Skinner writes a book about poetry
Friday 17th July 2020
ITV2 orders The Emily Atack Show
Friday 17th July 2020
Richard Herring writes book about toxic masculinity
Friday 17th July 2020
Frankie Boyle's New World Order to return
Wednesday 15th July 2020
Omid Djalili filming Comedians At Home Doing Nothing
Wednesday 15th July 2020
Michael McIntyre to host BBC game show The Wheel
Monday 13th July 2020
Virtual Edinburgh Fringe plans revealed
Monday 13th July 2020
Edinburgh Unlocked audiobook to be released
Monday 13th July 2020
Comedy Central to launch Edinburgh Fringe online series
Monday 13th July 2020
Benny Hill's film debut restored
Sunday 12th July 2020
Kurupt FM wins at British Podcast Awards
Sunday 12th July 2020
Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Guz Khan for Comedy Game Night
Friday 10th July 2020
Nexflix to stream new Jack Whitehall stand-up special
Friday 10th July 2020
Julia Sawalha axed from Chicken Run 2 as voice 'too old'
Friday 10th July 2020
Harry Hill developing caveman show
Thursday 9th July 2020
#SaveLiveComedy campaign launched as 78% of venues fear closure
Wednesday 8th July 2020
Bill Bailey to publish new Remarkable Guide To Happiness
Wednesday 8th July 2020
BFI announces commissioned youth shows
Wednesday 8th July 2020
BBC Two to broadcast Harry Hill's World Of TV
Wednesday 8th July 2020
Comedy drama to star autistic lead actor
Tuesday 7th July 2020
Gary Delaney to publish joke book
Tuesday 7th July 2020
Sandylands to return for Series 2
Monday 6th July 2020
Jack Dee is writing a new help book
Monday 6th July 2020
Acclaimed drama Guilt to return for Series 2
Monday 6th July 2020
Mel B quits Celebrity Juice
Saturday 4th July 2020
Actor & writer Mike Walling dies at 69
Friday 3rd July 2020
ITV appoints new head of scripted comedy
Friday 3rd July 2020
Inside No. 9 scripts to be published
Thursday 2nd July 2020
People Just Do Nothing team developing crime comedy The Curse
Thursday 2nd July 2020
Tom Allen to publish his autobiography
Thursday 2nd July 2020
The Cockfields to return for Series 2
Monday 29th June 2020
There's Something About Movies returning to Sky for Series 3
Monday 29th June 2020
Tez Ilyas leaves LCA after "unacceptable behaviour" admission
Saturday 27th June 2020
Sky's Brassic sees high streaming
Friday 26th June 2020
Katherine Ryan denounces Mock The Week's booking policy
Thursday 25th June 2020
Adam Kay to host BBC One special Dear NHS Superstars
Thursday 25th June 2020
Jack Whitehall to star in romantic comedy film Robots
Wednesday 24th June 2020
Stephen Merchant developing deepfake comedy
Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Netflix buys Chicken Run 2
Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Mark Rylance to star in golf film The Fantastic Flitcrofts
Friday 19th June 2020
The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan to return
Friday 19th June 2020
David Tennant lends voice to new comedy pilot Heart To Heart
Friday 19th June 2020
Expectation options Njambi McGrath's novel
Thursday 18th June 2020
Ben Whishaw to star in This Is Going To Hurt TV show
Monday 15th June 2020
Fawlty Towers deleted by UKTV
Thursday 11th June 2020
Mackenzie Crook to return as Worzel Gummidge
Thursday 11th June 2020
Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine pen Joan & Jericha agony aunt book
Wednesday 10th June 2020
Various comedies removed from streaming platforms
Tuesday 9th June 2020
Scottish Comedy Awards 2020 nominations
Tuesday 9th June 2020
Christopher Walken attached to Stephen Merchant's The Offenders
Monday 8th June 2020
Sophie Duker calls for more diversity on The News Quiz
Friday 5th June 2020
Alan Partridge podcast to launch in September
Friday 5th June 2020
BAFTA TV Awards 2020 nominations
Thursday 4th June 2020
ITV to recommission Kate & Koji
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Two Doors Down to return for Series 5
Monday 1st June 2020
Comedian sets up fund to help northern acts get online
Friday 29th May 2020
Room Next Door star Michael Spicer gets Radio 4 show
Friday 29th May 2020
Infinite Monkey Cage to trial remote virtual audience recordings
Friday 29th May 2020
Lee Mack to present TV talent contest for carpenters
Friday 29th May 2020
Agatha Raisin to return for Series 4
Friday 29th May 2020
Richard Ayoade to host BAFTA TV Awards
Friday 29th May 2020
Wallace & Gromit to return via augmented reality app
Wednesday 27th May 2020
Romesh Ranganathan to publish second memoir
Wednesday 27th May 2020
Alan Partridge named Britain's best comedy character
Monday 25th May 2020
Birds Of A Feather lockdown special mooted
Saturday 23rd May 2020
BBC One announces 2 new Jack Whitehall shows
Saturday 23rd May 2020
David Tennant and Michael Sheen star in lockdown comedy Staged
Friday 22nd May 2020
Sky confirms In The Long Run Series 3
Thursday 21st May 2020
BBC Three to broadcast Phoebe Walsh's Behind The Filter pilot
Thursday 21st May 2020
E4 commissions Remote Comedy From The Paddock
Wednesday 20th May 2020
Pls Like to return for Series 3
Wednesday 20th May 2020
John Cleese writes a book about creativity
Wednesday 20th May 2020
Best Comedy Podcast 2020 nominees revealed
Tuesday 19th May 2020
Simon Farnaby developing golf film The Phantom Of The Open
Tuesday 19th May 2020
Breeders Series 2 confirmed
Monday 18th May 2020
Code 404 to return for Series 2
Friday 15th May 2020
Drive in comedy clubs planned
Wednesday 13th May 2020
Romesh to present Misadventures highlights series
Wednesday 13th May 2020
Mo Gilligan's show fails to air
Tuesday 12th May 2020
Laura Lexx gets two book deal
Monday 11th May 2020
Joe Wilkinson In Cars With Other People's Mums piloted
Friday 8th May 2020
Channel 5 orders Paul Merton's Comic Heroes documentary
Friday 8th May 2020
CITV orders The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud Series 2
Thursday 7th May 2020
After Life gets third series on Netflix
Wednesday 6th May 2020
BBC One announces Michael McIntyre's Big Show highlights series
Wednesday 6th May 2020
Asim Chaudhry creates comedy pilot Coming To England
Wednesday 6th May 2020
Roy Hudd to be celebrated on new Music Hall and Variety Day
Wednesday 6th May 2020
Radio 4's Down The Line to return for lockdown special
Tuesday 5th May 2020
Holly Willoughby quits Celebrity Juice
Sunday 3rd May 2020
Britain's Greatest Comedy Character shortlist revealed
Saturday 2nd May 2020
Live Comedy Association launches
Friday 1st May 2020
Comedians to compete with sports stars in lockdown
Thursday 30th April 2020
Plebs is to end with feature-length special
Thursday 30th April 2020
The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan Series 3
Wednesday 29th April 2020
Tom Allen to host documentary series about TV adverts
Wednesday 29th April 2020
BBC announces Galton & Simpson Bursary
Wednesday 29th April 2020
Coronavirus lockdown is costing comedy industry millions
Thursday 23rd April 2020
More comedy stars revealed for The Big Night In
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Work begins on Feel Good Series 2
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Vic Reeves and Natasia Demetriou present Netflix flower competition
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Sophie Willan sitcom Alma's Not Normal gets a series
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Charlie Brooker to return with new Wipe show
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
BBC Two orders Comedians Playing With Themselves
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Matt Berry to star in BBC Two series 'Squeamish About...'
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
BBC Two to broadcast Peter Sellers documentary
Monday 20th April 2020
The Vicar Of Dibley to return
Sunday 19th April 2020
Audible signs up star duos for free lockdown podcast
Thursday 16th April 2020
Colin Hoult stars in sitcom pilot set in East Midlands
Thursday 16th April 2020
Little Britain to return for BBC One's The Big Night In
Thursday 16th April 2020
Channel 4 orders Mo Gilligan's All Star Happy Hour
Thursday 16th April 2020
Matt Lucas to host Channel 4 series during lockdown
Thursday 16th April 2020
Sky to pilot comedy drama Kisses And Bumflicks
Wednesday 15th April 2020
Channel 4 passes on Lee And Dean Series 3
Tuesday 14th April 2020
Tim Brooke-Taylor dies aged 79 with coronavirus
Sunday 12th April 2020
E4 delays broadcasts of Maxxx
Thursday 9th April 2020
Joel Dommett to broadcast ITV2 show from his home
Thursday 9th April 2020
Peter Kay's Car Share to return for audio special
Wednesday 8th April 2020
Mark Watson to stage 24-hour online comedy show
Wednesday 8th April 2020
Friday Night Dinner storms to record ratings
Tuesday 7th April 2020
Russell Howard to present twice-weekly coronavirus show on Sky
Tuesday 7th April 2020
Comic Relief to return for BBC's coronavirus Big Night In show
Tuesday 7th April 2020
This Country requested over 52 million times on iPlayer
Thursday 2nd April 2020
Eddie Large dies of coronavirus aged 78
Thursday 2nd April 2020
Edinburgh Fringe festival 2020 cancelled
Wednesday 1st April 2020
Johnny Vegas wins Leicester Legend of Comedy title
Monday 30th March 2020
Police raid empty comedy club over live stream mix-up
Sunday 29th March 2020
Radio 4 launches comedy show reacting to coronavirus isolation
Saturday 28th March 2020
Susan Calman to host BBC Scotland series from her home
Friday 27th March 2020
Danielle Vitalis joins Famalam Series 3
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Lazy Susan get sketch show series
Wednesday 25th March 2020
BBC Three orders Ellie & Natasia series
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Marcus Brigstocke to host Jazz FM series
Wednesday 25th March 2020
Mash Report to be self-filmed from home
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Kate & Koji: Over 5 million viewers watch new ITV sitcom
Thursday 19th March 2020
Chortle Awards 2020 winners
Wednesday 18th March 2020
Top cast lined-up for Stephen Fry film The Liar
Wednesday 18th March 2020
Comedians move online as coronavirus cancels most live comedy
Wednesday 18th March 2020
Royal Television Society announces award winners
Tuesday 17th March 2020
Plebs to return to ITV2
Monday 16th March 2020
ITV declines more Timewasters
Monday 16th March 2020
Lou Sanders joins 'Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable'
Monday 16th March 2020
Kiri Pritchard-McLean wins Caroline Aherne Bursary
Monday 16th March 2020
Roy Hudd dies aged 83
Monday 16th March 2020
Ncuti Gatwa wins Breakthrough Award
Friday 13th March 2020
Matt Lucas to host The Great British Bake Off
Wednesday 11th March 2020
Chris Ramsey to host Little Mix The Search
Wednesday 11th March 2020
The Fast Show reunion confirmed
Monday 9th March 2020
Inside No. 9 renewed for two more series
Monday 9th March 2020
Jessica Knappett starring in new Hull-set Comedy Blap
Saturday 7th March 2020
Rachel Parris to record Radio 4 comedy about Jane Austen
Saturday 7th March 2020
New Frankie Howerd play to tour
Saturday 7th March 2020
Simon Callow and Clive Francis to star in Yes Minister play
Friday 6th March 2020
Phil Wang to record Netflix special
Thursday 5th March 2020
Cast revealed for Sara Pascoe sitcom Out Of Her Mind
Thursday 5th March 2020
Elis James and John Robins win radio award
Thursday 5th March 2020
Leo Reich wins 2Northdown's New Act Competition
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Susan Calman to take over Jane McDonald's travel shows
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Spitting Image to return for two new series via BritBox
Wednesday 4th March 2020
Comedians sign up to play in Soccer Aid 2020
Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Comedy actors and writers up for RTS Awards
Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Joe Lycett changes name to Hugo Boss
Sunday 1st March 2020
The Fast Show to return
Sunday 1st March 2020
Channel 4 orders Gleeson brothers' sitcom
Saturday 29th February 2020
All-star sitcom The Jewish Enquirer launches on Amazon
Friday 28th February 2020
Leicester Comedy Festival 2020 Awards nominees
Friday 28th February 2020
Ruth Jones to embark on book tour
Friday 28th February 2020
Radio 4 Extra to celebrate 42 years of Hitchhiker's Guide
Friday 28th February 2020
Steve Pemberton to star in The Pillowman play
Friday 28th February 2020
Richard Ayoade to host panel show pilot
Friday 28th February 2020
Comedians to appear in Celebrity Bake Off 2020
Thursday 27th February 2020
Daniel Sloss announces new 2020 tour
Thursday 27th February 2020
Count Binface to run for London Mayor
Thursday 27th February 2020
Chortle Awards 2020 nominees
Thursday 27th February 2020
Reggie Yates filming new comedy Pirates
Thursday 27th February 2020
Joz Norris gets Radio 4 stand-up special
Wednesday 26th February 2020
Simon Munnery gets first art exhibition
Wednesday 26th February 2020
Chris and Rosie Ramsey aim for live podcast audience record
Wednesday 26th February 2020
Comedy stars to take part in Sport Relief
Wednesday 26th February 2020
Jethro announces retirement
Monday 24th February 2020
Jason Manford announces major 2021 tour Like Me
Monday 24th February 2020
Soho Theatre adds comedy specials to its streaming service
Monday 24th February 2020
BBC Scotland orders Billy Connolly series and The Scotts sitcom
Monday 24th February 2020
Peter Kay returns with new Dance For Life dates
Monday 24th February 2020
Eric Rushton wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2020
Saturday 22nd February 2020
Shaun The Sheep moves to Netflix
Thursday 20th February 2020
Man Like Mobeen shortlisted for social impact award
Thursday 20th February 2020
Miriam Margolyes, Julia Deakin and Simon Day join The Windsors
Wednesday 19th February 2020
ITV announces Cold Feet hiatus
Tuesday 18th February 2020
Rufus Hound and Katy Brand to star in Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Friday 14th February 2020
The Goes Wrong Show gets second series
Friday 14th February 2020
This Time With Alan Partridge to return
Friday 14th February 2020
Celebrities to try stand-up for Channel 4 show
Friday 14th February 2020
Zoe Lyons to host physical game show Lightning
Friday 14th February 2020
Alma's Not Normal begins filming
Thursday 13th February 2020
Dawn French to star in The Tail Of The Curious Mouse
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky orders darkly comic drama Sweetpea
Thursday 13th February 2020
Urban Myths Series 4 line-up revealed
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky orders Intelligence Series 2
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky extends Brassic to Series 3
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky confirms Redknapps' Weekend Warm Up series
Thursday 13th February 2020
Greg Davies to star as a psychotherapist in Safe Space
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky to broadcast paramedic comedy series Bloods
Thursday 13th February 2020
Comedies up for Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Thursday 13th February 2020
Sky announces range of commissions
Wednesday 12th February 2020
Emily Atack to pilot stand-up and sketch show
Wednesday 12th February 2020
Athena Kugblenu receives Felix Dexter Bursary 2020
Wednesday 12th February 2020
Year Of The Rabbit Series 2 confirmed
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Jon Richardson announces 2020 tour
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Adele Cliff wins UK Pun Championship 2020
Tuesday 11th February 2020
Netflix orders third Sex Education series
Monday 10th February 2020
King Gary to return for Series 2
Monday 10th February 2020
BBC Three commissions second series of Ladhood
Monday 10th February 2020
Radio 2 reveals Funny Fortnight pilots
Friday 7th February 2020
Michael McIntyre to record Netflix special
Friday 7th February 2020
Tom Allen to host Radio 2 panel show about misunderstandings
Friday 7th February 2020
Johnny Vegas returns to stand-up
Friday 7th February 2020
BBC One orders Shaun The Sheep Christmas special
Thursday 6th February 2020
Fleabag wins Broadcast Award
Thursday 6th February 2020
Diane Morgan's Mandy gets BBC Two series
Thursday 6th February 2020
Comedians Giving Lectures returns for two more series
Wednesday 5th February 2020
Hypothetical Series 3 confirmed
Wednesday 5th February 2020
Mel Giedroyc to host new panel show on Dave
Wednesday 5th February 2020
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule ends after three series
Wednesday 5th February 2020
Filming underway on Ghosts Series 2
Monday 3rd February 2020
Union JACK Radio to broadcast live from Leicester Comedy Festival
Monday 3rd February 2020
Romesh Ranganathan signs Sky deal
Monday 3rd February 2020
Phil Wang, Alexei Sayle and Rebecca Front win BBC Audio Awards
Sunday 2nd February 2020
BBC Wales to broadcast sketch show after viral video hit
Sunday 2nd February 2020
Dominic Frisby in Brexit-fuelled singles chart race
Thursday 30th January 2020
Hey Tracey! to return for Series 2
Thursday 30th January 2020
Mrs. Brown's Boys and Gavin & Stacey win NTAs
Wednesday 29th January 2020
Nicholas Parsons dies aged 96
Tuesday 28th January 2020
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 winners revealed
Monday 27th January 2020
The Good Life to become a stage show
Monday 27th January 2020
Alan Carr announces 2020 tour
Monday 27th January 2020
James Acaster sitcom We The Jury heads to America
Sunday 26th January 2020
Daniel Sloss stand-up show to be shown in cinemas
Sunday 26th January 2020
Paul Merton to star in Hairspray The Musical
Sunday 26th January 2020
Sliced gets second series on Dave
Thursday 23rd January 2020
Python's Terry Jones dies, aged 77
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Lucas & Walliams plot Little Britain revival
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Comedy Central orders three new web series
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Pure writer gets BBC Comedy Slice pilot about adoption
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Apple TV+ announces first British comedy, Trying
Monday 20th January 2020
Yes Minister star Derek Fowlds dies aged 82
Friday 17th January 2020
Comedies in the running for ARIAS radio awards
Thursday 16th January 2020
Kemps in new Rhys Thomas music spoof for BBC Four
Wednesday 15th January 2020
Mrs Brown's Boys creator to pilot peacekeeper comedy
Wednesday 15th January 2020
BBC Two orders Series 2 of The Ranganation
Wednesday 15th January 2020
Documentary to examine the death at Michael Barrymore's house
Tuesday 14th January 2020
John Finnemore honoured for Outstanding Contribution to Writing
Monday 13th January 2020
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2019 shortlist
Monday 13th January 2020
Steve Coogan to star in Channel 4 #MeToo comedy drama
Monday 13th January 2020
North West Comedy Awards 2020 results
Thursday 9th January 2020
Katherine Ryan becomes 8 Out Of 10 Cats team captain
Monday 6th January 2020
BBC orders Series 6 of Inside No. 9
Monday 6th January 2020
Stephen Merchant makes BBC series The Offenders
Monday 6th January 2020