British Comedy Guide 2021 news archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2021.
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Rob Beckett to pilot ITV comedy entertainment show
Friday 31st December 2021 -
Sean Lock honoured in Comics' Comic Awards results
Thursday 30th December 2021 -
BBC Audio Awards 2022 nominees
Wednesday 22nd December 2021 -
Radio 4 piloting free speech show Unsafe Space
Tuesday 21st December 2021 -
Hypothetical to return for Series 4
Monday 20th December 2021 -
BBC drops Two Pints sequel plans
Saturday 18th December 2021 -
Joe Lycett's Christmas special cancelled due to Covid
Friday 17th December 2021 -
Rose Matafeo pilots TV sketch show
Friday 17th December 2021 -
We Are Not Alone alien comedy reveals top cast
Friday 17th December 2021 -
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2022 finalists announced
Friday 17th December 2021 -
Huge Davies lands Channel 4 sitcom The Artists
Thursday 16th December 2021 -
Jethro dies aged 73
Wednesday 15th December 2021 -
Big Zuu's Big Eats to return for Series 3
Wednesday 15th December 2021 -
Comedy Central Live to feature 40 comics
Tuesday 14th December 2021 -
BBC Studios advertises 2022 staff writer roles
Monday 13th December 2021 -
Lily James to star in Comic Relief's Beauty And The Beast pantomime
Thursday 9th December 2021 -
The Outlaws wins Best New Comedy in I Talk Telly Awards 2021
Wednesday 8th December 2021 -
The Scotts returning for Series 2
Tuesday 7th December 2021 -
C4's new National Comedy Awards postponed
Tuesday 7th December 2021 -
Dave to pilot Dead Canny, Holier Than Thou, Perfect and The Other Half
Tuesday 7th December 2021 -
Mae Martin, Sarah Kendall and Aisling Bea's shows up for writing award
Tuesday 7th December 2021 -
Luke Rollason stars in Disney+ superhero comedy Extraordinary
Monday 6th December 2021 -
Midlands Comedy Awards 2021 winners
Sunday 5th December 2021 -
Broadcast Awards 2022 comedy nominees revealed
Friday 3rd December 2021 -
Taskmaster New Year Treat line-up revealed
Friday 3rd December 2021 -
Channel 4 orders Celebrity Rebrand from Amelia Dimoldenberg
Friday 3rd December 2021 -
Netflix orders Death To 2021, with Nick Mohammed and Alistair Green
Thursday 2nd December 2021 -
Adam Rowe and Dan Nightingale release Christmas single for charity
Thursday 2nd December 2021 -
Dee Allum wins 2Northdown New Act Competition 2021
Wednesday 1st December 2021 -
Horrible Histories Black History special wins Rose d'Or Award
Monday 29th November 2021 -
The Outlaws Series 2 details confirmed
Monday 29th November 2021 -
Charlie Hyland joins Channel 4 as digital comedy commissioner
Monday 29th November 2021 -
Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont to host Channel 4 sleepover
Monday 29th November 2021 -
Morgana Robinson and Mat Horne star in a new family sitcom for Gold
Monday 29th November 2021 -
Künt launches second bid for Christmas No. 1
Sunday 28th November 2021 -
Taskmaster Series 13 line-up revealed
Thursday 25th November 2021 -
Kate & Koji recast with Okorie Chukwu for Series 2
Thursday 25th November 2021 -
Leicester's Circuit Breakers 2022 scheme opens for applications
Thursday 25th November 2021 -
Ashley Blaker to return to Radio 4 for Series 2 of 6.5 Children
Wednesday 24th November 2021 -
Spitting Image Christmas special to air on ITV
Wednesday 24th November 2021 -
Sara Pascoe's 'Guessable?' returning for Series 3
Wednesday 24th November 2021 -
Crowd-funding campaign to support DVD of first C4 comedy
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
Jason Donovan guest stars in Not Going Out Christmas special
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
Mrs Brown's Boys 2021 specials revealed
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
Bill Bailey guest stars in Worzel Gummidge Christmas special
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
BBC Two to air recoloured lost episode of The Morecambe & Wise Show
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
Comic Relief to stage Beauty And The Beast pantomime
Tuesday 23rd November 2021 -
Mortimer & Whitehouse return for Christmas special with Gazza
Monday 22nd November 2021 -
We Are Lady Parts to return for Series 2
Monday 22nd November 2021 -
Larry Rickard and Ben Willbond create alien comedy We Are Not Alone
Monday 22nd November 2021 -
Filming starts on Series 2 of Bloods
Monday 22nd November 2021 -
BBC pilots sitcom from writer accused of sexual harassment
Friday 19th November 2021 -
National Comedy Awards 2021 shortlist
Monday 15th November 2021 -
BCG Pro Talent Awards Writing 2021 winners
Sunday 14th November 2021 -
Simon Evans and Dominic Frisby join GB News, presenting Headliners
Friday 12th November 2021 -
Ghosts to return to BBC One
Thursday 11th November 2021 -
Harry Hill explores the Great British sense of humour for Sky History
Wednesday 10th November 2021 -
Anna Thomas wins BBC New Comedy Award 2021
Saturday 6th November 2021 -
Joe Wilkinson & David Earl adapting Gossipmongers for Channel 4
Friday 5th November 2021 -
Code 404 Series 3 confirmed by Sky
Thursday 4th November 2021 -
British comedies nominated for 2021 Rose d'Or Awards
Wednesday 3rd November 2021 -
Liam Farrelly wins Frog And Bucket's 2021 new act competition
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 -
Konstantin Kisin to publish debut book
Tuesday 2nd November 2021 -
Only Fools And Horses 1980s specials to be released on Blu-ray
Monday 1st November 2021 -
Craig Charles to present UFO series
Monday 1st November 2021 -
Spike Milligan's conflicts with the BBC to become new play
Sunday 31st October 2021 -
Darren Harriott joins Sara Cox on BBC Two show Britain's Top Takeaways
Saturday 30th October 2021 -
Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli create BBC comedy thriller
Friday 29th October 2021 -
Nish Kumar in "shock" departure from Late Night Mash
Thursday 28th October 2021 -
Brendan O'Carroll preparing to make BBC army sitcom Lebanese Outpost
Thursday 28th October 2021 -
Frankie Boyle to make stage debut in Beckett's Endgame
Monday 25th October 2021 -
Dating No Filter returns for Series 2 and Christmas special on Sky Max
Monday 25th October 2021 -
Christy Coysh wins Musical Comedy Awards 2021
Monday 25th October 2021 -
David O'Doherty to front cycling series featuring comedians
Friday 22nd October 2021 -
We Are Lady Parts wins at Edinburgh TV Awards
Thursday 21st October 2021 -
Josh Widdicombe to present The Funniest Adverts On The Planet
Thursday 21st October 2021 -
Alan Carr to host The Royal Variety Performance 2021
Thursday 21st October 2021 -
BBC Wales launches Festival Of Funny season
Thursday 21st October 2021 -
Remaining Morecambe & Wise shows to be released on DVD
Tuesday 19th October 2021 -
Jennifer Saunders to guest star in Ghosts Christmas special
Saturday 16th October 2021 -
Spitting Image Halloween special coming to ITV
Friday 15th October 2021 -
Robert Webb quits Strictly Come Dancing
Wednesday 13th October 2021 -
The John Bishop Show coming to ITV
Wednesday 13th October 2021 -
National Comedy Awards launched by Channel 4
Tuesday 12th October 2021 -
Kieran Hodgson & Morgana Robinson tackle climate change for Channel 4
Friday 8th October 2021 -
Joe Lycett Vs The Oil Giant coming to Channel 4
Thursday 7th October 2021 -
Tim Key and John Kearns toast pub drinking in new Radio 4 series
Thursday 7th October 2021 -
Lazy Susan complete filming on their TV series
Thursday 7th October 2021 -
Meet The Richardsons wins at Broadcast Digital Awards
Thursday 7th October 2021 -
"Loveable slacker" sitcom Ted's Top Ten coming to CITV
Friday 1st October 2021 -
Aimee Lou Wood stars in Channel 4 rom-com
Thursday 30th September 2021 -
80s comedy Chelmsford 123 revived as new audio series
Wednesday 29th September 2021 -
Robert Florence to host GamesMaster
Wednesday 29th September 2021 -
Holly Walsh to co-host The Museum Of Curiosity Series 16
Wednesday 29th September 2021 -
Fern Brady writing autism memoir
Tuesday 28th September 2021 -
Tim Minchin's Upright returning for Series 2
Monday 27th September 2021 -
Will Mars wins Malcolm Hardee Award 2021
Monday 27th September 2021 -
Sophie McCartney signs two book deal
Sunday 26th September 2021 -
Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile
Sunday 26th September 2021 -
Sex Education Series 4 confirmed
Sunday 26th September 2021 -
Funny Women Awards 2021 results
Friday 24th September 2021 -
Film stars revealed for Netflix show Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés
Friday 24th September 2021 -
Nicola Walker and Sean Bean to star in Marriage
Friday 24th September 2021 -
Frankie Boyle's New World Order returning for Series 5
Thursday 23rd September 2021 -
Derry Girls stars reunite for "Oirish" spoof as Channel 4 sitcom ends
Thursday 23rd September 2021 -
Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams reunite for dark comedy film
Thursday 23rd September 2021 -
Newcastle named BBC's first City Of Comedy
Thursday 23rd September 2021 -
Last Of The Summer Wine star Robert Fyfe dies aged 90
Thursday 23rd September 2021 -
Sharon Horgan writes and stars in Apple TV+ series Emerald
Tuesday 21st September 2021 -
Joe Kent-Walters wins Chortle Student Comedy Award 2021
Tuesday 21st September 2021 -
Tom Basden's sitcom Pandemonium ordered by BBC
Monday 20th September 2021 -
Philomena Cunk returns to BBC Two
Monday 20th September 2021 -
Only Fools And Horses star John Challis dies aged 79
Sunday 19th September 2021 -
Geoff Norcott turns 'agony uncle' for Radio 4's Never Kissed A Tory
Sunday 19th September 2021 -
Brandon Burke wins BCG Pro Performance Awards 2020
Friday 17th September 2021 -
Newsjack axed by the BBC
Friday 17th September 2021 -
Mark Gatiss amongst Inside No. 9 Series 7 guest stars
Friday 17th September 2021 -
Sara Pascoe to replace Joe Lycett on Great British Sewing Bee
Thursday 16th September 2021 -
Simon Amstell readying mid-life crisis film
Wednesday 15th September 2021 -
Mrs Brown's Boys to mark 10th anniversary with Halloween special
Wednesday 15th September 2021 -
Early Doors Live released for NHS charity
Monday 13th September 2021 -
Joe Lycett & Josh Widdicombe film 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
Monday 13th September 2021 -
Janey Godley dropped from Scottish government's coronavirus campaign
Friday 10th September 2021 -
Detectorists' Mackenzie Crook & Toby Jones reunite in Worzel Gummidge
Friday 10th September 2021 -
Ladhood Series 3 confirmed
Thursday 9th September 2021 -
Russell Tovey joins Mawaan Rizwan's BBC sitcom pilot Juice
Thursday 9th September 2021 -
Instagram sketch comic Soph Galustian pilots BBC sitcom Peck'Eds
Thursday 9th September 2021 -
Kat Sadler pilots new BBC sitcom 'such brave girls'
Thursday 9th September 2021 -
New Peter Kay autobiography and audiobook
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Stand-up Lynn Ruth Miller dies aged 87
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Burnistoun set for film return
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Comedians film stand-up sets for Sky's The Deirdre O'Kane Show
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2021
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Max And Paddy to return?
Wednesday 8th September 2021 -
Nish Kumar guests on hip hop album
Tuesday 7th September 2021 -
Molly Rainford to star in CBBC's Nova Jones
Tuesday 7th September 2021 -
Actor Tony Selby dies aged 83
Monday 6th September 2021 -
God Squad sitcom coming to Radio 4
Monday 6th September 2021 -
Stand-up comedian Phil Jerrod dies
Monday 6th September 2021 -
Russell Howard shoots Netflix special
Friday 3rd September 2021 -
Chris and Rosie Ramsey land BBC chat show
Friday 3rd September 2021 -
Stath Lets Flats Series 3 guest stars revealed
Friday 3rd September 2021 -
Ian Hislop and Nick Newman working on Italian opera house screenplay
Thursday 2nd September 2021 -
Code 404 set to return for Series 3
Wednesday 1st September 2021 -
Omar Badawy wins 'So You Think You're Funny?' 2021
Friday 27th August 2021 -
French & Saunders developing new sitcom
Thursday 26th August 2021 -
Backstage With Katherine Ryan guests revealed
Thursday 26th August 2021 -
Tom Davis and PJDN team begin filming Channel 4 heist comedy The Curse
Thursday 26th August 2021 -
Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon star in Comedy Playhouse pilot Gaynor & Ray
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Lee Mack & Holly Willoughby to host new BBC One reality show
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Gbemisola Ikumelo brings undercover cop comedy Black Ops to BBC
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Tom Parry writes first film, Amazon rom-com 'Your Christmas Or Mine?'
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Face It monologues to be released on BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper creates I Hate You for Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Queenie coming to Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021 -
Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe take aim at movie clichés for Netflix
Tuesday 24th August 2021 -
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker front Channel 4's 'One Night In...'
Tuesday 24th August 2021 -
Shaun Keaveny to narrate Absolute Radio's first scripted comedy
Monday 23rd August 2021 -
John Cleese to investigate cancel culture
Monday 23rd August 2021 -
Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa to star in BBC Three gym comedy Peacock
Saturday 21st August 2021 -
Jo Hartley to star in mockumentary film Swede Caroline
Friday 20th August 2021 -
Sean Lock dies aged 58
Wednesday 18th August 2021 -
Mawaan Rizwan piloting BBC comedy
Tuesday 17th August 2021 -
Bill Bailey's Royal Opera House special to air on the BBC
Tuesday 17th August 2021 -
Desiree Burch to host "throuple" dating show
Monday 16th August 2021 -
Comedy Unleashed to record TV stand-up pilot
Monday 16th August 2021 -
Dara O Briain to host Channel 4 quiz
Monday 16th August 2021 -
Leicester Comedy Festival to publish All Puns Blazing joke book
Monday 16th August 2021 -
Judi Love joins Strictly Come Dancing 2021
Friday 13th August 2021 -
Una Stubbs dies aged 84
Thursday 12th August 2021 -
Nina Wadia to compete in Strictly Come Dancing 2021
Thursday 12th August 2021 -
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe pilot Sky show about local newspapers
Wednesday 11th August 2021 -
Tessa Coates and Stevie Martin write Nobody Panic self-help guide
Tuesday 10th August 2021 -
Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2021
Monday 9th August 2021 -
Union JACK Radio launches live comedy nights
Monday 9th August 2021 -
Bloods gets a second series
Thursday 5th August 2021 -
Comedy Central pilots transatlantic version of Joke Thieves
Thursday 5th August 2021 -
Radio 4 orders raft of comedies for 2022
Thursday 5th August 2021 -
Robert Webb to compete in Strictly Come Dancing 2021
Wednesday 4th August 2021 -
Ann Widdecombe and Anton Du Beke wanted to make flatshare sitcom
Wednesday 4th August 2021 -
The Day Today team reunite for 30th anniversary celebration
Wednesday 4th August 2021 -
Rob Beckett and Jason Manford land Comedy Central shows
Monday 2nd August 2021 -
Edinburgh Fringe inspires television comedy drama
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
Reg D Hunter makes film debut with Eddie Izzard & Jennifer Saunders
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
Mandy starring Diane Morgan to return for Series 2
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
David Baddiel making BBC documentary about social media abuse
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
Outnumbered creators writing "mad" World Cup comedy
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
Rosie Jones's 'Mission: Accessible' returns for Series 2
Thursday 29th July 2021 -
Peep Show creators tried to make a female spin-off with Dobby
Wednesday 28th July 2021 -
The Mash Report to return on Dave
Wednesday 28th July 2021 -
Flaps returns to Comedy Central for Series 2
Monday 26th July 2021 -
Rob Rouse stars in Pubwatch sitcom pilot
Saturday 24th July 2021 -
Stephen Fry to publish a book about ties
Saturday 24th July 2021 -
Harry Enfield making BBC history spoof for its centenary
Friday 23rd July 2021 -
Big Age sitcom pilot to broadcast on Channel 4
Friday 23rd July 2021 -
Gemma Arterton set to star in Nick Hornby's Funny Girl for Sky
Thursday 22nd July 2021 -
Jon Richardson to host Channel 4 show Trash Monsters
Thursday 22nd July 2021 -
The Birth Of Daniel F Harris coming to Channel 4
Thursday 22nd July 2021 -
Lenny Henry and Neil Gaiman bring Anansi Boys to Amazon Prime
Thursday 22nd July 2021 -
The Other One to return for Series 2
Thursday 22nd July 2021 -
Mark Dolan joins GB News
Wednesday 21st July 2021 -
Sue Perkins to host Just A Minute
Tuesday 20th July 2021 -
People Just Do Nothing documentary coming to BBC
Tuesday 20th July 2021 -
Morecambe & Wise's wiped BBC1 debut found
Tuesday 20th July 2021 -
Mawaan Rizwan becomes BBC's Young People's Comedy Laureate
Monday 19th July 2021 -
Tom O'Connor dies aged 81
Sunday 18th July 2021 -
George Lewis writes book offering advice to new dads
Friday 16th July 2021 -
Comedians Giving Lectures Series 2 and 3 line-ups revealed
Friday 16th July 2021 -
Tom Allen, Jessica Knappett and Munya Chawawa host Complaints Welcome
Thursday 15th July 2021 -
Only Fools And Horses book to mark show's 40th anniversary
Thursday 15th July 2021 -
Greg Davies to host Never Mind The Buzzcocks on Sky
Wednesday 14th July 2021 -
Comedy club threatened with violence for cancelling Lawrence gig
Wednesday 14th July 2021 -
Eggs Collective land Silky Hotel comedy for the BBC
Tuesday 13th July 2021 -
James Corden to star in Amazon Prime comedy drama Mammals
Tuesday 13th July 2021 -
Andrew Lawrence sparks outrage with tweets "stirring up racism"
Monday 12th July 2021 -
Jimmy Carr to host frenetic Channel 4 quiz I Literally Just Told You
Monday 12th July 2021 -
Kurupt FM wins Best Comedy Podcast 2021
Monday 12th July 2021 -
Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds to reunite on The Last Leg
Friday 9th July 2021 -
The Pub Landlord to ask Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
Thursday 8th July 2021 -
Guy Kennaway wins 2021 Wodehouse Prize
Thursday 8th July 2021 -
Paddy McGuinness to host A Question Of Sport
Thursday 8th July 2021 -
Dr Phil Hammond presents Radio 4 comedy series celebrating NHS
Wednesday 7th July 2021 -
The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk Series 2 now filming
Wednesday 7th July 2021 -
James Acaster lands film role in Cinderella
Wednesday 7th July 2021 -
Comedians record NHS charity single
Tuesday 6th July 2021 -
John Cleese plans Life Of Brian stage show
Monday 5th July 2021 -
Hullraisers sitcom series coming to Channel 4
Friday 2nd July 2021 -
Michael McIntyre to publish A Funny Life autobiography
Wednesday 30th June 2021 -
Catherine Tate creates prison comedy Hard Cell for Netflix
Wednesday 30th June 2021 -
Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet sign with BBC Studios
Wednesday 30th June 2021 -
Billy Connolly to reflect on stand-up in new Gold series
Wednesday 30th June 2021 -
Good Omens Series 2 confirmed
Tuesday 29th June 2021 -
Romesh Ranganathan to host Weakest Link
Monday 28th June 2021 -
Simon Pegg adapting Galaxy Quest for television
Friday 25th June 2021 -
This Is Going To Hurt TV series completes filming
Friday 25th June 2021 -
Chris & Rosie Ramsey pilot BBC show helping family businesses
Thursday 24th June 2021 -
Romesh Ranganathan becomes new A League Of Their Own host
Thursday 24th June 2021 -
Lynn Ruth Miller records a Radio 4 stand-up special at 87
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 -
The Horne Section shoots Channel 4 pilot
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 -
The Misinvestigations Of Romesh Ranganathan coming to BBC Two
Wednesday 23rd June 2021 -
Jordan Brookes to record his Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 -
Romesh Ranganathan to present hip hop show on Radio 2
Tuesday 22nd June 2021 -
The Stand Up Sketch Show to return for Series 4
Friday 18th June 2021 -
Lee Mack sitcom Semi-Detached axed, as comic makes Soccer Aid film
Friday 18th June 2021 -
New book to shine a light on creation of 1970s sitcoms
Thursday 17th June 2021 -
Mae Martin signs first-look deal with Objective
Wednesday 16th June 2021 -
Roman Kemp pilots ITV2 prank show
Tuesday 15th June 2021 -
Insider's Guide To Inside No. 9 book to be published
Tuesday 15th June 2021 -
Doon Mackichan writing acting memoir
Tuesday 15th June 2021 -
Alex MacKeith wins at Musical Comedy Awards
Saturday 12th June 2021 -
Michael Legge to publish his first book
Friday 11th June 2021 -
Comedian Ed Patrick to publish anaesthetist book
Friday 11th June 2021 -
Panel show 'Sorry, I Didn't Know' to return to ITV
Thursday 10th June 2021 -
Edinburgh Fringe economics scrutinised in new film
Thursday 10th June 2021 -
Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon reuniting for new BBC comedy
Wednesday 9th June 2021 -
Bill Bailey to star in Radio 4 comedy special Hennikay
Wednesday 9th June 2021 -
The Windsors sitcom to transfer to the stage
Wednesday 9th June 2021 -
Rob And Romesh Vs returns for Olympics as Rob Beckett pilots game show
Tuesday 8th June 2021 -
Michelle De Swarte to star in comic horror series The Baby
Monday 7th June 2021 -
Adrian Edmondson records autobiographical Radio 3 series
Monday 7th June 2021 -
Max Boyce to publish new book
Monday 7th June 2021 -
Frankie Boyle writes debut novel
Monday 7th June 2021 -
Russell Kane pilots Evil Genius for television
Monday 7th June 2021 -
Inside No. 9 wins BAFTA award
Sunday 6th June 2021 -
Nina Gilligan wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2021
Sunday 6th June 2021 -
Paddy McGuinness announces autobiography My Lifey
Friday 4th June 2021 -
Stewart Lee to present Radio 4 documentary on unreliable narration
Thursday 3rd June 2021 -
Never Mind The Buzzcocks series coming to Sky
Wednesday 2nd June 2021 -
Channel Dave to launch five online shows
Wednesday 2nd June 2021 -
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for new film
Tuesday 1st June 2021 -
Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2021 shortlist revealed
Sunday 30th May 2021 -
Comedy producer Charlie Hanson accused of sexual assaults
Saturday 29th May 2021 -
Best Comedy Podcast nominees announced
Friday 28th May 2021 -
Friday Night Dinner wins at Broadcast Awards 2021
Thursday 27th May 2021 -
Bill Bailey hints at Black Books reunion
Thursday 27th May 2021 -
Comedians quit Yesterday, Today & The Day Before in Palestine protest
Thursday 27th May 2021 -
Katherine Ryan to return as host for All That Glitters Series 2
Thursday 27th May 2021 -
The Skewer wins gold at Audio & Radio Industry Awards
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
Max & Ivan writing sport comedy for ITV2
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
Taskmaster treasure hunt book to be published in September
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
Alan Partridge live 2022 arena tour announced
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
BBC Scotland unveils female-led comedies
Wednesday 26th May 2021 -
On The Buses movies to be celebrated in new documentary film
Tuesday 25th May 2021 -
Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible sitcom 'Raj!'
Tuesday 25th May 2021 -
Sophie Willan wins BAFTA comedy writing award
Tuesday 25th May 2021 -
Sadia Azmat to publish Sex Bomb memoir
Monday 24th May 2021 -
Sky backs comedies
Sunday 23rd May 2021 -
Taskmaster Series 12 line-up
Thursday 20th May 2021 -
Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year finalists 2021
Thursday 20th May 2021 -
Graham Norton's novel to be turned into an ITV series
Thursday 20th May 2021 -
Daisy May Cooper to star in BBC comedy drama Cash Carraway
Wednesday 19th May 2021 -
Julia Louis-Dreyfus battles parrot of Death in dark comedy Tuesday
Tuesday 18th May 2021 -
Miles Jupp to play Prime Minister in Party's Over on Radio 4
Tuesday 18th May 2021 -
Don't Forget The Driver Series 2 cancelled because of Covid
Friday 14th May 2021 -
Susannah Fielding joins The Cockfields
Friday 14th May 2021 -
Lucy Pearman creates BBC pilot Please Help Me
Friday 14th May 2021 -
Simon Bird unveils debut stand-up special on All 4
Friday 14th May 2021 -
Good Omens Series 2 rumoured
Thursday 13th May 2021 -
The League Of Gentlemen to reunite on stage once again?
Wednesday 12th May 2021 -
Chuckle Brothers to return via animated pilot
Tuesday 11th May 2021 -
Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton
Monday 10th May 2021 -
Comedy Central reveals three new shows
Monday 10th May 2021 -
Dylan Moran creates new BBC sitcom
Friday 7th May 2021 -
Anneka Rice writing sitcom about her fake agent
Friday 7th May 2021 -
Home axed by Channel 4
Thursday 6th May 2021 -
Cast revealed for UK version of 'Call My Agent!'
Thursday 6th May 2021 -
Sindhu Vee pilots sitcom Winning for Channel 4
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
CBBC announces period family comedy Dodger
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Comedy commissioner Shane Allen quits BBC to form Boffola Pictures
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Victor Meldrew to return
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Richard Ayoade to host Question Team on Dave
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham front British As Folk
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Tom Allen to host Dave show The Island
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
David Mitchell hosts challenge show Outsiders
Wednesday 5th May 2021 -
Spice Girls reportedly planning Spice World sequel
Tuesday 4th May 2021 -
Rose Matafeo confirms Starstruck Series 2 in production
Tuesday 4th May 2021 -
Nina Sosanya leads cast in Channel 4 prison comedy Screw
Tuesday 4th May 2021 -
Guz Khan reveals Man Like Mobeen Series 4 will end the show
Saturday 1st May 2021 -
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown to return for Series 2
Friday 30th April 2021 -
Joe Lycett to publish glossy coffee table book of bins
Friday 30th April 2021 -
Lauren Pattison writes debut play
Friday 30th April 2021 -
Katherine Ryan reveals Netflix has cancelled The Duchess
Thursday 29th April 2021 -
Widowhood comedy Wife After Death in development
Thursday 29th April 2021 -
Jon Richardson's Channel Hopping returns for Series 2
Thursday 29th April 2021 -
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains gets second series
Thursday 29th April 2021 -
Al Murray's stalker barred from attending his shows
Wednesday 28th April 2021 -
BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
Wednesday 28th April 2021 -
Ken Cheng and Leila Navabi host CBBC show
Tuesday 27th April 2021 -
Spencer Jones's The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk to return
Tuesday 27th April 2021 -
Katherine Ryan hosts ITV2 dating game show Ready To Mingle
Monday 26th April 2021 -
Sandylands Series 2 in production
Monday 26th April 2021 -
Comedy stars join time-travel film The Unreason
Saturday 24th April 2021 -
Andi Osho is writing a novel about a stand-up comedian
Friday 23rd April 2021 -
Steve Coogan movie The Lost King begins filming
Friday 23rd April 2021 -
Bradley Walsh to return with more Blankety Blank
Friday 23rd April 2021 -
BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
Thursday 22nd April 2021 -
BBC pilots PE teacher sitcom from Mike Bubbins
Thursday 22nd April 2021 -
Maddy Anholt becomes Women's Aid ambassador
Thursday 22nd April 2021 -
Comedies nominated in Audio & Radio Industry Awards
Wednesday 21st April 2021 -
Unseen Victoria Wood scripts to be published
Tuesday 20th April 2021 -
#SaveLiveComedy Fund launched as impact of covid revealed
Tuesday 20th April 2021 -
Rob Beckett to publish a memoir in October
Monday 19th April 2021 -
Conversations From A Long Marriage to return for Series 3
Sunday 18th April 2021 -
Mel & Sue plotting live comedy return
Friday 16th April 2021 -
Comedy Slices revealed as BBC marks female representation milestone
Friday 16th April 2021 -
Broadcast Awards 2021 comedy nominees revealed
Thursday 15th April 2021 -
Disney+ orders superhero comedy Extraordinary
Thursday 15th April 2021 -
Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up series coming to ITV
Thursday 15th April 2021 -
Ladhood Series 2 now filming
Tuesday 13th April 2021 -
Jimmy Carr has written his autobiography
Monday 12th April 2021 -
Benidorm star Nathan Bryon co-writes first film
Monday 12th April 2021 -
Harry Hill has written his autobiography
Monday 12th April 2021 -
Paul Merton and Suki Webster to film Channel 5 motorhome series
Monday 12th April 2021 -
Josh Widdicombe has written his autobiography
Saturday 10th April 2021 -
Cold Feet could return soon with specials
Friday 9th April 2021 -
Alleyway Chefs pilot published online
Thursday 8th April 2021 -
Ricky Gervais to launch new podcast
Thursday 8th April 2021 -
Ciarán Dowd films Don Rodolfo for BBC Two
Wednesday 7th April 2021 -
Meet The Richardsons set to return for Series 3
Tuesday 6th April 2021 -
Ben Miller to play a zombie in The Loneliest Boy In The World
Tuesday 6th April 2021 -
Friday Night Dinner star Paul Ritter dies aged 54
Tuesday 6th April 2021 -
Hi-De-Hi! star Jeffrey Holland to pilot Simply Ken sitcom
Saturday 3rd April 2021 -
Jessica Hynes and Ryan Sampson pilot Catching The Bus
Friday 2nd April 2021 -
Lost Voice Guy finds his Geordie voice
Thursday 1st April 2021 -
Mel Giedroyc's Unforgivable to return for Series 2
Thursday 1st April 2021 -
Sitcom creators Marks & Gran to publish comedy writing guide
Thursday 1st April 2021 -
Ghosts to be remade in America
Thursday 1st April 2021 -
Back To Life Series 2 filming now with Meera Syal and Adrian Edmondson
Wednesday 31st March 2021 -
Mo Gilligan to publish autobiography
Wednesday 31st March 2021 -
Cruise ship slasher comedy Wrecked coming to BBC Three
Tuesday 30th March 2021 -
Defending The Guilty's second series cancelled because of coronavirus
Tuesday 30th March 2021 -
Lenny Henry given Legend Of Comedy award
Monday 29th March 2021 -
Maya Jama joins Celebrity Juice panel
Monday 29th March 2021 -
Katherine Ryan goes Backstage with Amazon for Q&A show
Monday 29th March 2021 -
Shappi Khorsandi writes novel about teen sexual abuse, Kissing Emma
Monday 29th March 2021 -
Jerk Series 2 begins filming
Monday 29th March 2021 -
Chortle Awards names Legends Of Lockdown
Sunday 28th March 2021 -
Comedian Leo Kearse to run for Scots Parliament
Sunday 28th March 2021 -
Billie Piper and Andrew Scott to star in Catherine, Called Birdy
Sunday 28th March 2021 -
Emily Atack Show returns for Series 2
Sunday 28th March 2021 -
The Skewer wins at BBC Audio Awards
Friday 26th March 2021 -
Motherland to be re-made in America
Thursday 25th March 2021 -
Staged to arrive on BritBox with extended length episodes
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
Trying to return to Apple TV+ for Series 3
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
Ken Dodd comedy drama in the works for ITV
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
Worzel Gummidge episodes filming this summer
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
James McNicholas to publish The Champ & The Chump book
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
Bob Mortimer is to publish his autobiography
Wednesday 24th March 2021 -
Douglas Adams archive book to be published
Tuesday 23rd March 2021 -
Julian Clary to publish autobiography The Lick Of Love
Tuesday 23rd March 2021 -
Jack Whitehall to publish How To Survive Family Holidays book
Friday 19th March 2021 -
Andrew Doyle to join GB News
Friday 19th March 2021 -
The Mash Report may move to Dave
Friday 19th March 2021 -
Romantic comedy drama You & Me coming to ITV
Thursday 18th March 2021 -
Athena Kugblenu creates Radio 4 series about cancel culture
Wednesday 17th March 2021 -
In My Skin to return for Series 2
Wednesday 17th March 2021 -
Relativity to return to Radio 4 for Series 4
Wednesday 17th March 2021 -
Mae Martin and Joe Lycett amongst RTS winners
Wednesday 17th March 2021 -
Geoff Norcott to record Radio 4 stand-up special
Tuesday 16th March 2021 -
Adam Kay to write more children's books
Tuesday 16th March 2021 -
Fawlty Towers to be released as vinyl LP collection
Tuesday 16th March 2021 -
There's Something About Movies returning for Series 4
Monday 15th March 2021 -
Shaun The Sheep 2: Farmageddon gets Oscar nomination
Monday 15th March 2021 -
Starstruck cast confirmed
Monday 15th March 2021 -
Flatmates to return to BBC iPlayer for Series 2
Friday 12th March 2021 -
Staged and Gone Fishing win Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Friday 12th March 2021 -
Exploding Heads launch sitcom that only one person will hear
Friday 12th March 2021 -
The Mash Report axed after four series
Friday 12th March 2021 -
Jack Whitehall's Travels With My Father gets Series 5
Thursday 11th March 2021 -
Mark Steel writing book about finding his birth parents
Thursday 11th March 2021 -
Alfie Moore's Radio 4 comedy It's A Fair Cop returns for Series 6
Thursday 11th March 2021 -
Miranda Hart, Greg Davies and Alice Lowe BBC sketch pilot uncovered
Thursday 11th March 2021 -
Iain Stirling's Buffering series confirmed by ITV2
Wednesday 10th March 2021 -
Deborah Frances-White to write Six Conversations We're Scared To Have
Wednesday 10th March 2021 -
Red Nose Day 2021 highlights revealed
Tuesday 9th March 2021 -
Harry Hill's Queen episode removed from BBC Two schedule
Tuesday 9th March 2021 -
Trevor Peacock who played Jim in The Vicar Of Dibley dies aged 89
Tuesday 9th March 2021 -
Would I Lie To You? to be remade in America
Tuesday 9th March 2021 -
Ashley Storrie starring in BBC autism comedy Dinosaur
Monday 8th March 2021 -
Comic Maddy Anholt to publish book on toxic relationships
Monday 8th March 2021 -
Arthur Smith writing book and Radio 4 special about his father
Sunday 7th March 2021 -
John Cleese writes emu film with Rob Schneider
Saturday 6th March 2021 -
Ignacio Lopez to record radio stand-up special
Thursday 4th March 2021 -
Daisy May Cooper suspends own Instagram account in publishing row
Thursday 4th March 2021 -
Russell Brand to release audiobook about "the sacred in everyday life"
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 -
Daisy May Cooper to publish memoir
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 -
Joe Lycett's Got Your Back is back for Series 3
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 -
Coma sitcom pilot Beep to air on the BBC this March
Wednesday 3rd March 2021 -
Royal Television Society Awards 2021 nominations
Tuesday 2nd March 2021 -
Finding Alice to return for Series 2
Monday 1st March 2021 -
Comedian panel revealed for BBC One series This Is MY House
Monday 1st March 2021 -
Guessable to return for second series
Monday 1st March 2021 -
Leicester Comedy Festival 2021 Awards nominees
Friday 26th February 2021 -
BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Wednesday 24th February 2021 -
Billy Connolly to publish his autobiography in October
Wednesday 24th February 2021 -
Tom Allen to host Quizness on Channel 4
Wednesday 24th February 2021 -
Phil Wang to publish first book, Sidesplitter
Wednesday 24th February 2021 -
BBC Three commissions PRU, Zen School Of Motoring & shorts
Tuesday 23rd February 2021 -
Bananaman to return in new cartoon series
Monday 22nd February 2021 -
Katherine Parkinson creates BBC Four comedy drama Sitting
Sunday 21st February 2021 -
Phoebe Waller-Bridge becomes Edinburgh Fringe Society president
Friday 19th February 2021 -
Nish Kumar to release stand-up albums
Thursday 18th February 2021 -
Staged script book set to be published
Thursday 18th February 2021 -
CelebAbility returning for Series 5
Thursday 18th February 2021 -
Helena Bonham Carter amongst cast joining Greg Davies in The Cleaner
Thursday 18th February 2021 -
Comedies nominated in Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
Thursday 18th February 2021 -
Alan Carr is working on a sitcom about his childhood
Monday 15th February 2021 -
Matt Lucas to celebrate 50 years of Mr Men
Monday 15th February 2021 -
Comedy writer Iain Pattinson has died
Monday 15th February 2021 -
BBC to broadcast The Festival Of Funny
Monday 15th February 2021 -
Patrick Kielty records Radio 4 stand-up show
Monday 15th February 2021 -
Truth Seekers cancelled after one series
Sunday 14th February 2021 -
Toast Of Tinseltown announced for BBC One
Wednesday 10th February 2021 -
George Fouracres to record Radio 4 stand-up special
Tuesday 9th February 2021 -
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 winners
Monday 8th February 2021 -
Daliso Chaponda joins judging panel for Wodehouse book contest
Friday 5th February 2021 -
BBC comedy declared "at risk"
Friday 5th February 2021 -
'Murder, They Hope' cast revealed
Friday 5th February 2021 -
Stevo The Madman piloting BBC comedy
Friday 5th February 2021 -
Lost Voice Guy's sitcom Ability being piloted for TV
Thursday 4th February 2021 -
Matt Richardson replacing Rufus Hound on Dancing On Ice
Thursday 4th February 2021 -
Rose Matafeo's Horndog comes to BBC ahead of Starstruck Series 2
Thursday 4th February 2021 -
Dawn French and Peter Serafinowicz record Timewaster Letters
Thursday 4th February 2021 -
Fergus Craig announces Roger LeCarre novel
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 -
Sarah Kendall's Frayed to return to Sky for Series 2
Wednesday 3rd February 2021 -
Russell Tovey & Sian Clifford star in new improvised film
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 -
Only Fools And Horses stamps to be released by Royal Mail
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 -
Red Nose Day 2021 is on Friday 19th March
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 -
Jim Smith shoots The Farm sitcom pilot for BBC Scotland
Monday 1st February 2021 -
Dating No Filter reveals comedian line-ups
Friday 29th January 2021 -
French & Saunders film Funny Women documentary special
Friday 29th January 2021 -
Comedy stars take part in Celebrity Bake Off 2021
Thursday 28th January 2021 -
Judi Love & Emily Atack land new comedy series
Thursday 28th January 2021 -
Patrick Kielty stars as a stand-up in new film Ballywalter
Thursday 28th January 2021 -
Miles Jupp writes his first novel
Thursday 28th January 2021 -
Mack and Salt land BBC Three comedy pilot Amicable
Wednesday 27th January 2021 -
Inside No. 9 Series 6 cast revealed
Wednesday 27th January 2021 -
E4 pilots animated dating comedy
Tuesday 26th January 2021 -
Katherine Ryan to publish autobiography
Tuesday 26th January 2021 -
Greg Davies's therapy comedy Safe Space gets Sky series
Monday 25th January 2021 -
Russell Howard filming New Zealand tour travelogue for Sky
Monday 25th January 2021 -
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel to return for Series 2
Sunday 24th January 2021 -
Only Fools And Horses van to be auctioned
Saturday 23rd January 2021 -
Peter Kay's Car Share car up for sale
Friday 22nd January 2021 -
Channel 4 pulls out of Year Of The Rabbit Series 2
Thursday 21st January 2021 -
Jason Manford to host BBC quiz show Unbeatable
Thursday 21st January 2021 -
Lost Voice Guy's Ability to return to Radio 4
Tuesday 19th January 2021 -
Lucy Beaumont writes a "mumoir" book
Tuesday 19th January 2021 -
Brittas Empire cast to reunite for online event
Tuesday 19th January 2021 -
Noel Fielding's designs for fashion label Fendi unveiled
Monday 18th January 2021 -
BBC snaps up acclaimed comedy about racism in British film industry
Friday 15th January 2021 -
Sophie Thompson and Tony Way to star in The Unreason
Friday 15th January 2021 -
Vic Reeves & Morgana Robinson star in sitcom podcast
Thursday 14th January 2021 -
Adam Hills writing a children's book
Thursday 14th January 2021 -
Stranger Times book set to become TV show
Thursday 14th January 2021 -
'The Vicar Of Dibley: Inside Out' tribute documentary to air on Gold
Thursday 14th January 2021 -
Channel 4 announces Friday Night Dinner Night
Thursday 14th January 2021 -
Timewasters to be piloted in America
Wednesday 13th January 2021 -
Friday Night Dinner gets documentary but maybe no new series
Wednesday 13th January 2021 -
Simon Bird directs Pls Like Series 3
Wednesday 13th January 2021 -
Mat Horne co-writes comedy drama about a man on the run
Wednesday 13th January 2021 -
Stephen Merchant's The Offenders gets second series
Wednesday 13th January 2021 -
Mother F**king Pep Talk coming to Comedy Central
Tuesday 12th January 2021 -
Mr Bean live action return mooted
Monday 11th January 2021 -
ITV to air unseen footage of Ronnie Corbett
Monday 11th January 2021 -
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 shortlist
Monday 11th January 2021 -
Ian Smith to record comedy documentary for Radio 4
Monday 11th January 2021 -
Radio 4 comedies nominated in BBC Audio Awards 2020
Friday 8th January 2021 -
Michael Palin to publish fourth diary collection
Friday 8th January 2021 -
Mortimer & Whitehouse launch Gone Fishing website
Thursday 7th January 2021 -
Spamalot film to go into production
Thursday 7th January 2021 -
Alexei Sayle to record two more Radio 4 series
Wednesday 6th January 2021 -
Mr Bean animated film in development
Tuesday 5th January 2021 -
Rowan Atkinson may return as Blackadder one day
Tuesday 5th January 2021 -
John Bishop joins Doctor Who for next series
Friday 1st January 2021 -
Blankety Blank most-watched new TV comedy in 2020
Friday 1st January 2021