British Comedy Guide 2022 news archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2022.
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Peter Capaldi directing Sky adoption comedy pilot, They F**k You Up
Saturday 31st December 2022 -
John Bird dies aged 86
Wednesday 28th December 2022 -
BBC Audio Awards 2023 nominees
Thursday 22nd December 2022 -
Micky Flanagan working on autobiographical BBC comedy
Monday 19th December 2022 -
BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants launched
Monday 19th December 2022 -
The National Comedy Awards to return to Channel 4 in 2023
Monday 19th December 2022 -
BCG Pro Talent Awards Writing 2022 winners
Friday 16th December 2022 -
Judi Love announces debut tour
Friday 16th December 2022 -
UKTV Female Pilot Club script call finalists revealed
Thursday 15th December 2022 -
Rhys Nicholson to embark on debut UK tour
Wednesday 14th December 2022 -
Will Owen wins Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian Of The Year 2022
Tuesday 13th December 2022 -
Paul Zerdin announces Puppetman tour for 2023
Tuesday 13th December 2022 -
Leicester Comedy Festival announces 2023 shortlists
Tuesday 13th December 2022 -
Mike Bubbins to tour in 2023
Tuesday 13th December 2022 -
Michelle de Swarte lands BBC modelling comedy
Tuesday 13th December 2022 -
Scott Bennett triumphs at Midlands Comedy Awards 2022
Monday 12th December 2022 -
Lucy Porter to tour Wake-Up Call show
Monday 12th December 2022 -
Sitcom star Ruth Madoc dies suddenly aged 79
Saturday 10th December 2022 -
Charlie Baker to tour 24 Hour Pasty People in 2023
Friday 9th December 2022 -
Ofcom says BBC comedy 'at risk' for fourth year
Friday 9th December 2022 -
Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests
Thursday 8th December 2022 -
John Robins announces biggest ever tour for 2023
Thursday 8th December 2022 -
Tiger Aspect expands its comedy department
Thursday 8th December 2022 -
Shaparak Khorsandi reveals she was sexually assaulted in public
Thursday 8th December 2022 -
Intelligence appears set to end with feature-length special
Tuesday 6th December 2022 -
Ria Lina announces 2023 tour
Tuesday 6th December 2022 -
Katherine Ryan and Rob Beckett stand-up specials coming to Sky
Tuesday 6th December 2022 -
Big Boys, Dead Canny, Derry Girls creators in Writers' Guild awards
Tuesday 6th December 2022 -
Taskmaster Series 15 line-up revealed
Thursday 1st December 2022 -
Ross Noble to tour Jibber Jabber Jamboree stand-up show
Wednesday 30th November 2022 -
John Tothill wins 2Northdown New Act Competition 2022
Tuesday 29th November 2022 -
Motherland switches to BBC One for Christmas special
Tuesday 29th November 2022 -
Inside No. 9 returning with festive ghost story
Tuesday 29th November 2022 -
Toast Of Tinseltown wins Rose d'Or award
Monday 28th November 2022 -
Broadcast Awards 2023 comedy nominees revealed
Monday 28th November 2022 -
Sky Comedy Rep 2023 writers announced
Monday 28th November 2022 -
Pierre Novellie embarks on debut tour
Friday 25th November 2022 -
Dan Tiernan wins British Comedian Of The Year 2022 competition
Thursday 24th November 2022 -
Ghosts returning for a fifth series on BBC One
Thursday 24th November 2022 -
Guz Khan Live! tour announced
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 -
Joe Lycett admits he didn't shred real money in David Beckham stunt
Monday 21st November 2022 -
The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk cancelled
Saturday 19th November 2022 -
Kenneth Williams to be profiled in new documentary film
Friday 18th November 2022 -
Kate & Koji axed after two series
Friday 18th November 2022 -
Künt reveals third attempt for Christmas No. 1
Thursday 17th November 2022 -
Munya Chawawa's first live tour
Thursday 17th November 2022 -
Romesh Ranganathan to pilot new entertainment show with his mum
Wednesday 16th November 2022 -
David Tennant and Michael Sheen return for Staged Series 3
Wednesday 16th November 2022 -
I Talk Telly Awards nominations revealed
Sunday 13th November 2022 -
Tim Vine announces new tour Breeeep!
Friday 11th November 2022 -
Simon Munnery to tour Trials And Tribulations in 2023
Friday 11th November 2022 -
Emmanuel Sonubi announces first live tour
Friday 11th November 2022 -
Alan Carr making ITV sitcom Changing Ends
Friday 11th November 2022 -
Rosie Jones announces national tour
Thursday 10th November 2022 -
Dan Tiernan wins BBC New Comedy Awards 2022
Wednesday 9th November 2022 -
AEG launches comedy division with Georgie Donnelly
Wednesday 9th November 2022 -
Last Of The Summer Wine actor Tom Owen dies aged 73
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover returns to Channel 4
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Bad Sisters to return for Series 2
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Leslie Phillips dies aged 98
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Lee Mack to host Royal Variety Performance 2022
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Dane Buckley wins Beat The Frog World Series 2022 competition
Tuesday 8th November 2022 -
Derry Girls stars drive World's Most Dangerous Roads for Dave
Monday 7th November 2022 -
Peter Kay announces comeback live tour
Sunday 6th November 2022 -
Big Fat Quiz to return for sport special
Saturday 5th November 2022 -
Bloods and Toast Of Tinseltown up for Rose d'Or Award
Saturday 5th November 2022 -
Taskmaster to return for new New Year Treat
Friday 4th November 2022 -
Bobby Mair releases full show Cockroach for free
Friday 4th November 2022 -
Kae Kurd announces 2023 tour Kurd Immunity
Friday 4th November 2022 -
Channel 4 pilots sitcom from disability activist Kyla Harris
Tuesday 1st November 2022 -
Del Boy falling through bar voted funniest sitcom scene
Tuesday 1st November 2022 -
Dickie Henderson celebrated with centenary book & DVD
Monday 31st October 2022 -
Laura Smyth pilots BBC sitcom Launderette
Monday 31st October 2022 -
Wreck to return for Series 2
Sunday 30th October 2022 -
Am I Being Unreasonable? gets second series
Friday 28th October 2022 -
Bonus-packed The Young Ones coming to Blu-ray
Friday 28th October 2022 -
Bloods set to return for Series 3 on Sky
Friday 28th October 2022 -
The John Bishop Show to return to ITV
Friday 28th October 2022 -
Ghosts is returning for another Christmas special
Wednesday 26th October 2022 -
Dave sci-fi comedy We Are Not Alone being piloted for series
Wednesday 26th October 2022 -
Antonia Thomas and Craig Roberts to star in Apple series Still Up
Wednesday 26th October 2022 -
Da Lei wins UK Chinese Comedy Competition 2022
Wednesday 26th October 2022 -
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled to return for Series 7
Wednesday 26th October 2022 -
Spitting Image cancelled by BritBox
Tuesday 25th October 2022 -
Nick Frost narrates CBBC clip show about world records
Friday 21st October 2022 -
Deluxe LP box set for Blackadder soundtracks
Wednesday 19th October 2022 -
Conversations From A Long Marriage to return for two more series
Tuesday 18th October 2022 -
Robert Bathurst pilots advertising agency sitcom
Monday 17th October 2022 -
Robbie Coltrane dead aged 72
Friday 14th October 2022 -
After Life wins at National Television Awards 2022
Friday 14th October 2022 -
Adam Kay writing Med School series for Netflix
Thursday 13th October 2022 -
Bill Bailey's imaginary friend sitcom Hennikay given BBC series
Wednesday 12th October 2022 -
Backstage With Katherine Ryan axed, as she lands Comedy Central pilot
Wednesday 12th October 2022 -
Bloods, Ellie & Natasia, Question Team & Toast up for Rose d'Or awards
Wednesday 12th October 2022 -
Eddie Izzard launches campaign to become Sheffield Central MP
Tuesday 11th October 2022 -
Diane Morgan's Mandy returning for a third series on BBC Two
Monday 10th October 2022 -
Lou Sanders is writing a "very revealing" memoir about her mistakes
Monday 10th October 2022 -
Aisling Bea shoots comedy film about a woman marrying her dead fiancé
Monday 10th October 2022 -
Hannah Weetman wins Birmingham Breaking Talent Award 2022
Monday 10th October 2022 -
John Cleese joins GB News, presenting show on cancel culture
Monday 10th October 2022 -
Sky orders step-parent comedy from Schitt's Creek writer Monica Heisey
Monday 10th October 2022 -
Spring Sitcom Selection scripts chosen
Friday 7th October 2022 -
BCG Pro Talent Awards: Production 2022 results
Friday 7th October 2022 -
Peter Kay returns to stand-up, increasing speculation about new tour
Thursday 6th October 2022 -
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em writer Raymond Allen dies aged 82
Wednesday 5th October 2022 -
Star-studded Mother Goose panto gets four-month tour
Monday 3rd October 2022 -
North East talent offered TV comedy development help
Monday 3rd October 2022 -
Gold launches 2022 Christmas cracker joke competition
Monday 3rd October 2022 -
Künt's Shannon Matthews movie funded via Kickstarter
Saturday 1st October 2022 -
Lorna Rose Treen wins at Funny Women Awards 2022
Friday 30th September 2022 -
Lost 1955 Hancock's Half Hour episode recovered
Thursday 29th September 2022 -
Lolly Adefope & Timothy Spall join Jonny Sweet's debut film
Thursday 29th September 2022 -
Mo Gilligan + Friends: The Black British Takeover coming to Channel 4
Thursday 29th September 2022 -
BBC adapting David Walliams's Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
Thursday 29th September 2022 -
Gold to celebrate Tony Hancock with colourised episodes & documentary
Thursday 29th September 2022 -
Billy Connolly Does... returning for second and third series on Gold
Monday 26th September 2022 -
Romesh Ranganathan is releasing his debut Netflix special, The Cynic
Friday 23rd September 2022 -
Leila Navabi makes BBC documentary Funny, Gay & Welsh
Friday 23rd September 2022 -
James Acaster launches spoof true crime podcast & writes first film
Wednesday 21st September 2022 -
Jonny Sweet's first movie begins filming, starring Olivia Colman
Tuesday 20th September 2022 -
Reggie Perrin returning to the BBC
Tuesday 20th September 2022 -
Iain Stirling's sitcom Buffering returning to ITV2 for a second series
Thursday 15th September 2022 -
Frankie Boyle's New World Order back but Monarchy special in doubt
Wednesday 14th September 2022 -
Open door radio show for Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent writers
Wednesday 7th September 2022 -
Gyles Brandreth to publish Just A Minute history book
Friday 2nd September 2022 -
Geoff Norcott to focus on democracy for new Radio 4 show
Friday 2nd September 2022 -
Katherine Ryan hosts new game show pilot
Thursday 1st September 2022 -
Apple TV+ recommissions Trying
Wednesday 31st August 2022 -
Edinburgh venues: accommodation costs threaten festival's future
Sunday 28th August 2022 -
Comedians' Choice Awards 2022 winners
Sunday 28th August 2022 -
2022 Malcolm Hardee Awards winners revealed
Saturday 27th August 2022 -
Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards winners 2022
Saturday 27th August 2022 -
Nancy and Jim Moir to host bird art show
Friday 26th August 2022 -
Just Jokes marks Black History Month on Dave
Friday 26th August 2022 -
Sky reveals seven comedy shorts for 2023
Friday 26th August 2022 -
Sky orders Brassic Series 5
Friday 26th August 2022 -
Joshua Bethania wins 'So You Think You're Funny?' 2022
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Amused Moose Fringe awards 2022 revealed
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Cardiff confirmed as BBC City Of Comedy 2023
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Catherine Tate sitcom Queen Of Oz coming to BBC
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Jordan Gray wins the Biggest Award in Comedy
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Amazon announce comedy film How To Date Billy Walsh
Thursday 25th August 2022 -
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2022 nominations
Wednesday 24th August 2022 -
The Curse to return for Series 2
Wednesday 24th August 2022 -
Parenting sitcom Hullraisers to return
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 -
Katy Wix writes kids' Fat Camp series
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 -
Big Boys gets Series 2 at Channel 4
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 -
ITV confirms new comedy details
Monday 22nd August 2022 -
Jimmy Carr to host Channel 4 programme about free expression
Monday 22nd August 2022 -
'Prince Andrew: The Musical' to air on Channel 4
Monday 22nd August 2022 -
Friday Night Live to return to Channel 4
Monday 22nd August 2022 -
Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe 2022 won by Masai Graham
Monday 22nd August 2022 -
Frankie Boyle focuses on the monarchy for Channel 4 special
Sunday 21st August 2022 -
Amused Moose Comedy Awards 2022 nominees
Sunday 21st August 2022 -
Sitcom star Josephine Tewson dies aged 91
Friday 19th August 2022 -
Doon Mackichan departs Two Doors Down
Thursday 18th August 2022 -
Comedians' Choice Awards voting opens
Thursday 18th August 2022 -
Rhiannon Shaw wins David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 competition
Wednesday 17th August 2022 -
Garth Marenghi book to be published
Wednesday 17th August 2022 -
Comedy Poster Awards announce 2022 winners
Sunday 14th August 2022 -
Pleasance cancels Jerry Sadowitz at Edinburgh Fringe
Saturday 13th August 2022 -
Kiri Pritchard-McLean's Radio 4 show Best Medicine gets series order
Wednesday 10th August 2022 -
Ellie Taylor signs up for Strictly 2022
Tuesday 9th August 2022 -
UKTV & Female Pilot Club announce new script call
Monday 8th August 2022 -
Bad Education Series 4 first look and cast announced
Monday 8th August 2022 -
Equity launches Comedians' Charter
Sunday 7th August 2022 -
Comedian Jayde Adams joins Strictly 2022
Saturday 6th August 2022 -
Jordan Gray gets ITV sitcom and Radio 4 series
Thursday 4th August 2022 -
BBC Radio Scotland orders satirical sketch show Noising Up
Wednesday 3rd August 2022 -
Mock The Week cancelled by the BBC after 17 years on air
Tuesday 2nd August 2022 -
New Dave sitcom pilots, first images
Tuesday 2nd August 2022 -
Daniel Lawrence Taylor creates comedy drama Boarders for BBC Three
Monday 1st August 2022 -
Leigh Francis brings back Avid Merrion
Friday 29th July 2022 -
Bernard Cribbins dies aged 93
Thursday 28th July 2022 -
Eddie Izzard becomes patron of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
Wednesday 27th July 2022 -
Jon Richardson pilots Channel 4 travelogue Take My Mother-In-Law
Tuesday 26th July 2022 -
After Ever After returns to Sky with Little Red Riding Hood sequel
Tuesday 26th July 2022 -
Jamali Maddix wins at British Podcast Awards 2022
Sunday 24th July 2022 -
Ladhood to end with Series 3
Friday 22nd July 2022 -
NextUp to stream more than 50 Edinburgh comedy shows
Friday 22nd July 2022 -
Sky Comedy Rep 2022 open for entries
Friday 22nd July 2022 -
Adrian Edmondson to play Scrooge in Royal Shakespeare Company play
Friday 22nd July 2022 -
Two Doors Down returning for sixth series and Christmas special
Wednesday 20th July 2022 -
Micah Richards shoots Sky prank show
Tuesday 19th July 2022 -
Sky orders Breeders Series 4
Tuesday 19th July 2022 -
The Delightful Sausage pilot dark holiday camp sitcom
Tuesday 19th July 2022 -
Jason Manford and Freddie Flintoff go "extreme camping" for ITV
Sunday 17th July 2022 -
2022 Edinburgh Comedy Awards judging panel announced
Thursday 14th July 2022 -
Andy Brereton joins Channel 4 as comedy commissioning editor
Thursday 14th July 2022 -
Friday Night Dinner to be re-made by Amazon as Dinner With The Parents
Thursday 14th July 2022 -
Jo Caulfield writes a memoir about her late sister
Wednesday 13th July 2022 -
Mo Gilligan to host That's My Jam on BBC One
Wednesday 13th July 2022 -
Liz Kingsman wins Breakthrough Award
Monday 11th July 2022 -
Chris McCausland lands Channel 4 travel show
Friday 8th July 2022 -
Micah Richards joins A League Of Their Own
Friday 8th July 2022 -
Katherine Ryan & Joe Wilkinson launch budget holiday show
Thursday 7th July 2022 -
Meera Syal brings Mrs Sidhu Investigates to television
Wednesday 6th July 2022 -
Jamie Demetriou signs BBC Studios deal
Wednesday 6th July 2022 -
Bob Mortimer to publish debut novel, The Satsuma Complex
Wednesday 6th July 2022 -
BBC orders 'Henpocalypse!' series
Wednesday 6th July 2022 -
Meet The Richardsons amongst Broadcast Digital Awards winners
Wednesday 6th July 2022 -
Bridget Christie comedy The Change reveals cast
Tuesday 5th July 2022 -
Sex Education's George Robinson stars in Dave pilot Perfect
Monday 4th July 2022 -
Him & Her's Kerry Howard & Russell Tovey reunite for dark Sky comedy
Monday 4th July 2022 -
Hapless to return for Series 2
Friday 1st July 2022 -
Murder, They Hope Series 2 guest stars revealed
Thursday 30th June 2022 -
Liz Kingsman nominated for South Bank Breakthrough Award
Thursday 30th June 2022 -
Celebrity Juice ends after 14 years on air
Wednesday 29th June 2022 -
Ricky Gervais's Netflix special SuperNature smashes streaming records
Tuesday 28th June 2022 -
Harry Enfield, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bishop piloting Man Cave sitcom
Tuesday 28th June 2022 -
Charlie Perkins appointed Head Of Comedy at Channel 4
Monday 27th June 2022 -
Environmental comedy Carbon Lifeforms coming to Radio 4
Monday 27th June 2022 -
David Jason to publish Christmas-themed memoir
Friday 24th June 2022 -
Mel Giedroyc to host The Really Really Rude Puppet Show
Friday 24th June 2022 -
Taskmaster Series 14 line-up revealed
Friday 24th June 2022 -
Alison Steadman & Nigel Planer star in Radio 4 sex and farming sitcom
Thursday 23rd June 2022 -
Alan Partridge Live is coming to Amazon Prime
Thursday 23rd June 2022 -
Jeremy Dyson writes VR comedy-horror game The Burning Room
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 -
BBC Scotland orders more The Farm and three more comedies
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 -
Holly Burn and David Mills pilot "big, bold, brash" sitcom Those Two
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 -
Best Comedy Podcast nominees revealed
Monday 20th June 2022 -
The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show to return for Series 2
Monday 20th June 2022 -
Harry Lawtey, Jessica Barden and Sophia Brown to star in You & Me
Friday 17th June 2022 -
David Mitchell brings Outsiders back to Dave
Thursday 16th June 2022 -
Edinburgh TV Awards 2022 nominees
Thursday 16th June 2022 -
Laughing Around to expand into production
Thursday 16th June 2022 -
Victoria Olsina wins LGBTQ+ Comedian Of The Year 2022
Wednesday 15th June 2022 -
Joe Wilkinson starring in farcical film romp A Family Affair
Wednesday 15th June 2022 -
Black Ops cast confirmed
Wednesday 15th June 2022 -
Comedy Women In Print to launch Comedy Short Story Prize
Wednesday 15th June 2022 -
Jack Bayles appointed Head of Comedy at Various Artists Limited
Wednesday 15th June 2022 -
Starstruck Series 3 confirmed
Monday 13th June 2022 -
Lara Ricote and Sikisa amongst 99 Club bursary recipients
Monday 13th June 2022 -
Robin Ince lands Radio 4 stand-up show
Monday 13th June 2022 -
Michelle de Swarte pilots comedy drama High End Homeless for Channel 4
Friday 10th June 2022 -
Lily Allen stars in Sky comedy from Sharon Horgan
Friday 10th June 2022 -
Richard Morris to run BBC Studios Audio Comedy
Thursday 9th June 2022 -
Live At The Moth Club coming to Dave
Thursday 9th June 2022 -
Joe Lycett to host C4 Big Pride Party
Thursday 9th June 2022 -
Channel 4 tests comedians' Razor Sharp wits in improv show
Thursday 9th June 2022 -
BBC short-form development opportunities open for submissions
Wednesday 8th June 2022 -
Holly Walsh pilots apocalyptic hen party sitcom for the BBC
Tuesday 7th June 2022 -
Screw Series 2 coming to Channel 4
Tuesday 7th June 2022 -
BBC Radio Wales orders Beena And Amrit sitcom from Priya Hall
Monday 6th June 2022 -
Vic Reeves to be killed off after big screen "swansong"
Monday 6th June 2022 -
Blank Peng wins Rising Star New Act 2022 final
Monday 6th June 2022 -
Inside No. 9 to return for Series 8 and Series 9
Wednesday 1st June 2022 -
Fleabag actor Brett Gelman to star in Channel 4 comedy Entitled
Wednesday 1st June 2022 -
The Alan Partridge Podcast to return for Series 2 in September
Tuesday 31st May 2022 -
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable returning for a third series
Tuesday 31st May 2022 -
Intelligence is returning says Nick Mohammed, teasing movie conclusion
Monday 30th May 2022 -
Jazz Emu pilots musical comedy series
Wednesday 25th May 2022 -
Meet The Richardsons amongst Broadcast Digital Awards nominees
Monday 23rd May 2022 -
Tom Allen writes a second memoir
Monday 23rd May 2022 -
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for new sitcom
Monday 23rd May 2022 -
BBC New Comedy Awards 2022 open for entries
Monday 23rd May 2022 -
Last Woman On Earth with Sara Pascoe returns to BBC Two
Sunday 22nd May 2022 -
Sorry, I Didn't Know returning for third series on ITV
Saturday 21st May 2022 -
David Earl stars in doomsday clown movie
Saturday 21st May 2022 -
Late Night Mash to return with Rachel Parris as host
Friday 20th May 2022 -
Stephen Merchant working on a third series of The Outlaws
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan set for Romantic Getaway series
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Suranne Jones to star in Christmas Carole, a festive special for Sky
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Channel 4 orders Jon And Lucy's Perfect Couples panel show
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Jack Whitehall challenges Jamie Redknapp in Got Got Need
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Sky confirms Never Mind The Buzzcocks return details
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Matt Lucas & Elis James to host Fantasy Football League series on Sky
Tuesday 17th May 2022 -
Channel 4 launches Jokes Only A ... Can Tell series
Monday 16th May 2022 -
The Upstart Crow stage show to return
Monday 16th May 2022 -
Julie Walters returns to TV in Channel 4's darkly funny Truelove
Monday 16th May 2022 -
Janey Godley records debut Radio 4 special, on cancer & cancellation
Friday 13th May 2022 -
Meet The Richardsons returning for two more series
Thursday 12th May 2022 -
Gold orders second series of Murder, They Hope
Thursday 12th May 2022 -
Susan Wokoma directs her first film, abortion rom-com Three Weeks
Thursday 12th May 2022 -
Hat Trick to develop BBC comedy in North East of England
Thursday 12th May 2022 -
Bad Education to return for new series and special
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Feature-length Detectorists special commissioned
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Jerk to return for Series 3
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Jack Carroll starring in short Mobility
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Mawaan Rizwan's sitcom Juice gets full series
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
BBC announces new comedy initiatives
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
BBC to invest extra £10 million in comedy
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns
Wednesday 11th May 2022 -
Simon Pegg to star in Nandor Fodor And The Talking Mongoose
Tuesday 10th May 2022 -
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe Hold The Front Page for Sky
Monday 9th May 2022 -
Motherland wins at 2022 BAFTA TV Awards
Sunday 8th May 2022 -
Mike Cox wins Not So New Comedian Of The Year 2022
Sunday 8th May 2022 -
Künt announces Jubilee chart bid with Prince Andrew song
Saturday 7th May 2022 -
BBC film The Fringe In 12 Jokes tells the story of Edinburgh in gags
Friday 6th May 2022 -
Simon Amstell making Maria, film comedy with Star Wars' Felicity Jones
Thursday 5th May 2022 -
Stewart Lee stand-up specials to air on BBC Two
Wednesday 4th May 2022 -
The Skewer wins Radio Academy's ARIAS award
Wednesday 4th May 2022 -
Simon Bird stars in apocalyptic Channel 4 sitcom Everyone Else Burns
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 -
DVD release for recovered Morecambe & Wise episodes
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 -
Radio 4 orders Jen Brister, Josie Long and Kiri Pritchard-McLean shows
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 -
Billy Connolly to receive BAFTA Fellowship Award
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 -
Inside No. 9 to be remade in America
Tuesday 3rd May 2022 -
Derry Girls announce extended special finale
Friday 29th April 2022 -
Matt Lucas and Elis James to host Fantasy Football reboot
Friday 29th April 2022 -
Classic sitcom documentary coming to DVD
Thursday 28th April 2022 -
Alex Brooker is the Hobby Man for Channel 4
Thursday 28th April 2022 -
Radio 4 announces DMs Are Open, a show you can write for
Wednesday 27th April 2022 -
Rosie Jones to host UKTV disability showcase
Tuesday 26th April 2022 -
Greg Davies's The Cleaner mops up a second series for BBC One
Tuesday 26th April 2022 -
Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe to publish Parenting Hell book
Tuesday 26th April 2022 -
Radio 4 orders new comedies from Geoff Norcott and Mike Bubbins
Monday 25th April 2022 -
Dreaming Whilst Black series coming to the BBC
Monday 25th April 2022 -
Writers Nida Manzoor, Kayleigh Llewellyn and Adjani Salmon win BAFTAs
Monday 25th April 2022 -
Rising Damp writer Eric Chappell dies aged 88
Saturday 23rd April 2022 -
Alma's Not Normal Series 2 confirmed
Thursday 21st April 2022 -
Julia McKenzie is the new Radio 4 comedy commissioner
Thursday 21st April 2022 -
DLT Entertainment invests in Hannah Layton Management
Thursday 21st April 2022 -
Adam Flood wins Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year 2022
Tuesday 19th April 2022 -
Comedians exhibit art for Vic Reeves film
Monday 18th April 2022 -
DAFTAS 2022 winners announced
Friday 15th April 2022 -
Channel 4 orders The Horne Section TV Show
Thursday 14th April 2022 -
Michael McIntyre's Big Show to return
Thursday 14th April 2022 -
Rosie Jones, Jordan Brookes and Kiell Smith-Bynoe land Channel 4 Blaps
Wednesday 13th April 2022 -
Vikki Stone makes TV history with ITV singing date show Romeo & Duet
Wednesday 13th April 2022 -
Noel Fielding stars as Dick Turpin in Apple TV+ comedy
Tuesday 12th April 2022 -
BBC Comedy Festival 2022 set for 11th to 13th May in Newcastle
Tuesday 12th April 2022 -
Best In Class seeks working class comics for Edinburgh 2022
Monday 11th April 2022 -
Jeff Japers wins Musical Comedy Awards 2022
Sunday 10th April 2022 -
Sunil Patel launches his own cryptocurrency as part of Radio 4 series
Friday 8th April 2022 -
Jim Davidson launches anti-woke panel show
Friday 8th April 2022 -
BBC to mark 50th anniversary of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
Friday 8th April 2022 -
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains back for 2 more series on Comedy Central
Friday 8th April 2022 -
Nova Jones to return to CBBC for two more series
Wednesday 6th April 2022 -
Jamali Maddix, Jon Holmes, Rhys James, Rosie Jones up for ARIAS award
Tuesday 5th April 2022 -
Sian Gibson pilots 1980s-set BBC comedy drama
Tuesday 5th April 2022 -
Gary Barlow making comedy Dogs, about a mega-flop film
Tuesday 5th April 2022 -
Sole surviving Ronnie Barker sitcom episode to be released
Monday 4th April 2022 -
The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected gets TV pilot
Saturday 2nd April 2022 -
Kiri Pritchard-McLean releases show download for mental health charity
Thursday 31st March 2022 -
Chortle Awards 2022 results
Wednesday 30th March 2022 -
BAFTA TV Awards 2022 nominations
Wednesday 30th March 2022 -
In My Skin and We Are Lady Parts lead RTS Programme Awards
Wednesday 30th March 2022 -
The 99 Club Bursary returns
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Goddesses, the book about an activist stand-up, to become TV series
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Stewart Lee is Legend Of Comedy at Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Bleak Expectations coming to the stage
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Tamsyn Kelly developing Cornish C4 sitcom and making R4 sketch show
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Jessica Fostekew snatches her first Radio 4 series, Sturdy Girl Club
Tuesday 29th March 2022 -
Richard Ayoade's Question Team returning to Dave for second series
Monday 28th March 2022 -
The Full Monty cast reunite for TV series
Monday 28th March 2022 -
Justina Seselskaite wins BCG Pro Performance Awards 2021
Saturday 26th March 2022 -
Rose Matafeo leads BPG Awards winners with breakthrough prize
Friday 25th March 2022 -
Underbelly launches London Comedy Allstars 2022
Friday 25th March 2022 -
Miranda Hart writes her first play
Friday 25th March 2022 -
ITV announce 5 new comedies for ITVX
Thursday 24th March 2022 -
Helen Bauer pilots Small Doses sitcom for BBC
Thursday 24th March 2022 -
Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan star in Sky's Romantic Getaway
Thursday 24th March 2022 -
Birmingham to host Serious About Comedy research
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 -
GB News to pilot panel show The Ministry Of Offence
Wednesday 23rd March 2022 -
Tony Hancock's infamous ITV sitcom to be released
Monday 21st March 2022 -
Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan and Lolly Adefope film medieval movie
Monday 21st March 2022 -
Radio 4 orders surreal Irish sketch pilot Parish Is Burning
Friday 18th March 2022 -
Lloyd Glanville wins Hat Trick Script Competition
Thursday 17th March 2022 -
ITV orders comic thriller Passenger for new streaming platform
Thursday 17th March 2022 -
Peter Bowles dies aged 85
Thursday 17th March 2022 -
Cameron Loxdale and Jade Gebbie are BBC Studios Contract Writers 2022
Thursday 17th March 2022 -
Don Biswas to record stand-up special about learning difficulties
Wednesday 16th March 2022 -
Ardal O'Hanlon writes his second novel
Wednesday 16th March 2022 -
Tony Slattery publishes his memoir
Wednesday 16th March 2022 -
Phil Henderson wins West End New Act of the Year 2022
Tuesday 15th March 2022 -
The Likely Dads to return to Radio 4 for Series 2
Tuesday 15th March 2022 -
Ben Elton to record TV special
Monday 14th March 2022 -
Bridget Christie lands Channel 4 menopause comedy The Change
Monday 14th March 2022 -
Channel 4 Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott leaves for Apple TV+
Thursday 10th March 2022 -
Jimmy Carr show I Literally Just Told You to return for Series 2
Wednesday 9th March 2022 -
Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
Tuesday 8th March 2022 -
Ellie Taylor lands two new Channel 4 shows
Tuesday 8th March 2022 -
Tom Davis developing Irish comedies
Tuesday 8th March 2022 -
Comic Relief 2022 highlights to include return of Rock Profile
Tuesday 8th March 2022 -
Lynda Baron dies aged 82
Monday 7th March 2022 -
Jamie MacDonald gets second series of Radio 4 show Life On The Blink
Monday 7th March 2022 -
Rosie Jones to star in multiple new Channel 4 shows
Monday 7th March 2022 -
BBC Four to air comedy 'western' Hung Out To Dry
Saturday 5th March 2022 -
Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2022 opens
Friday 4th March 2022 -
Young cast revealed for Dave sex & spirituality pilot Holier Than Thou
Friday 4th March 2022 -
Denise Welch to star in Dave sitcom pilot about a "suspect" psychic
Friday 4th March 2022 -
Vahid Gold stars in Dave sitcom pilot The Other Half
Friday 4th March 2022 -
BBC Wales orders topical panel show and stand-up showcase
Friday 4th March 2022 -
Aisling Bea to star in Take That film
Friday 4th March 2022 -
Royal Television Society announces 2022 award nominations
Thursday 3rd March 2022 -
National Comedy Awards 2021 winners
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 -
VOXI launches 'Eyes On Comedy' competition
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 -
Radio 4 announces sport and history stand-up specials
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 -
Jennifer Saunders to present opera series on Classic FM
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 -
James Acaster and Guz Khan explore the science of Home Alone for Sky
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 -
John Robins and Elis James writing book about mental health
Tuesday 1st March 2022 -
Comedy horror series Wrecked reveals cast list
Tuesday 1st March 2022 -
Kevin Bridges writes his first novel
Tuesday 1st March 2022 -
Leicester Comedy Festival 2022 Award nominees
Friday 25th February 2022 -
Alan Carr making Changing Ends sitcom with BBC Studios
Thursday 24th February 2022 -
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards nominations 2022
Thursday 24th February 2022 -
Sitcom star Anna Karen killed in house fire
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 -
Richard Hammond hosts Comedy Central science panel show
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 -
Stephen Bailey to record Radio 4 stand-up special
Wednesday 23rd February 2022 -
Jack Whitehall making Sky travelogue with Jamie Redknapp
Monday 21st February 2022 -
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 results
Monday 21st February 2022 -
Firuz Ozari wins Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year 2022
Sunday 20th February 2022 -
Mrs Brown's Boys to return for full series
Sunday 20th February 2022 -
Comedians pilot high vis vest challenge show
Friday 18th February 2022 -
Nik Hill wins Silver Stand Up Competition 2022
Friday 18th February 2022 -
Radio 4 sitcom pilot for Giants' Scandi music duo Fjörd
Friday 18th February 2022 -
Competition seeks comedy bingo caller for £1,000 prize
Thursday 17th February 2022 -
Dawn French announces new live tour for 2022
Thursday 17th February 2022 -
Sitcom star Jack Smethurst dies aged 89
Wednesday 16th February 2022 -
Laurie Farrugia, Ben Hough and Natasha Heliotis join BBC Studios
Wednesday 16th February 2022 -
The Witchfinder cast revealed
Wednesday 16th February 2022 -
Eddie Izzard and Gemma Arterton to star in Disney+ series Culprits
Tuesday 15th February 2022 -
Here We Go sitcom series coming to BBC One
Tuesday 15th February 2022 -
Feel Good wins at Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
Tuesday 15th February 2022 -
Freddie Flintoff quits A League Of Their Own
Monday 14th February 2022 -
Paul Black lands semi-autobiographical BBC pilot
Monday 14th February 2022 -
Beryl Vertue dies aged 90
Sunday 13th February 2022 -
Nigel Ng developing Uncle Roger sitcom with Gordon Ramsay
Sunday 13th February 2022 -
Comedy director Paul Byrne dies aged 44
Saturday 12th February 2022 -
Chris McCausland to host Radio 4 panel show
Friday 11th February 2022 -
BCG Pro Talent Awards for Performance 2021 finalists
Friday 11th February 2022 -
James Acaster to release book about quitting social media
Friday 11th February 2022 -
Alma's Not Normal and Don't Hate The Playaz win Broadcast Awards
Friday 11th February 2022 -
Rory Kinnear to star in Netflix's The Bank Of Dave
Thursday 10th February 2022 -
Jim Moir hosting Sky Arts crafting show for Prince Charles
Thursday 10th February 2022 -
Al Murray writes Second World War history book
Tuesday 8th February 2022 -
Richard Pulsford wins UK Pun Championship 2022
Tuesday 8th February 2022 -
LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2022 competition open for entries
Thursday 3rd February 2022 -
Deep Heat wrestling sitcom coming to ITV2
Thursday 3rd February 2022 -
Adam Kay to publish second memoir
Thursday 3rd February 2022 -
Omid Djalili pilots BBC chat show in English and Farsi
Thursday 3rd February 2022 -
Charlie Brooker interactive cartoon Cat Burglar coming to Netflix
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 -
Nigel Ng and Evelyn Mok get Comedy Central sketch show East Mode
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 -
Shopping With Keith Lemon Series 3 confirmed
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 -
The Emily Atack Show to return for Series 3
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 -
Pope Lonergan slams treatment of carers as he publishes memoir
Wednesday 2nd February 2022 -
David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2022 writing competition launched
Tuesday 1st February 2022 -
Adam Deacon film Sumotherhood to feature top comedy cast
Tuesday 1st February 2022 -
Jimmy Carr had the most streamed stand-up special of 2021
Monday 31st January 2022 -
Gym sitcom Peacock confirmed for BBC Three
Monday 31st January 2022 -
Fergus Craig brings Martin Fishback character to BBC Two
Friday 28th January 2022 -
Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan to return for two more series
Thursday 27th January 2022 -
Kieran Hodgson and Stevie Martin star in lifeguards pilot
Thursday 27th January 2022 -
Barry Cryer dies aged 86
Thursday 27th January 2022 -
Never Mind The Buzzcocks revival returning for second series on Sky
Wednesday 26th January 2022 -
Comic Relief's Red Nose Day will now occur annually
Wednesday 26th January 2022 -
Cheaters comedy drama coming to BBC One
Wednesday 26th January 2022 -
Lemar and Jamelia to star in Sky Kids comedy Little Darlings
Wednesday 26th January 2022 -
Nida Manzoor shoots her first film
Tuesday 25th January 2022 -
Inez Gordon and Ben Worsfield join Roughcut as development producers
Monday 24th January 2022 -
Tony Hancock sketch show to be released on DVD
Sunday 23rd January 2022 -
Wallace & Gromit to return for new adventure in 2024
Thursday 20th January 2022 -
Mo Gilligan announces second Netflix special
Thursday 20th January 2022 -
Jason Manford wins two prizes at North West Comedy Awards
Wednesday 19th January 2022 -
John Shuttleworth extends his radio sitcom record
Wednesday 19th January 2022 -
The Larkins to return for Series 2
Wednesday 19th January 2022 -
Paramount Plus adapts Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare as first UK comedy
Tuesday 18th January 2022 -
Bradley Walsh's Blankety Blank to return to BBC One
Tuesday 18th January 2022 -
Sheridan Smith starring in new Sky comedy Rosie Molloy
Monday 17th January 2022 -
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
Monday 17th January 2022 -
Romesh Ranganathan to star in sitcom Avoidance
Monday 17th January 2022 -
Hugo Chegwin and Big Zuu to star in new Dave sitcom Sneakerhead
Monday 17th January 2022 -
Tom Hiddleston to star in BBC broadcast of The Play What I Wrote
Thursday 13th January 2022 -
Gary Waldhorn dies aged 78
Tuesday 11th January 2022 -
Luke Rollason offers Brighton Fringe bursary
Saturday 8th January 2022 -
Female Pilot Club launches podcast
Friday 7th January 2022 -
'So You Think You're Funny?' 2022 open for entries
Friday 7th January 2022 -
Dylan Moran sitcom Stuck coming to BBC Two
Friday 7th January 2022 -
Sean Lock had the best selling stand-up special of 2021
Thursday 6th January 2022 -
Janey Godley's debut novel to be published this autumn
Tuesday 4th January 2022 -
Philomena Cunk return confirmed by BBC Two
Tuesday 4th January 2022