Thursday 25th August 2011
Radio 4 have commissioned a series which aims to showcase both established and up-and-coming sketch groups.
Sunday 19th June 2011
Angela Barnes, a stand-up comedian from Brighton, has been crowned the winner of the Radio 2 New Comedy Award 2011.
Friday 17th June 2011
Barbara Windsor is to present a new series for Radio 2 about great female comics.
Monday 13th June 2011
Foster's Comedy Award winner Russell Kane is set to present his own stand-up roadshow on Radio 2.
Monday 18th April 2011
Matt Lucas's Radio 2 panel show And The Winner Is... looks set to transfer to television, as the BBC films a pilot episode.
Tuesday 5th April 2011
Radio 4 have ordered six more episodes of Mark Watson's Live Address To The Nation, a comedy show which is broadcast live on the radio.
Friday 18th March 2011
More details of the comedy lineup on Radio 4 Extra have been announced.
Thursday 3rd March 2011
Radio 4 broadcast a month-old episode of its sitcom Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard, instead of the series finale.
Tuesday 1st March 2011
Radio 2 is bringing back the BBC New Comedy Award, a stand-up contest for new comedians which has previously been won by comics like Alan Carr and Rhod Gilbert.
Monday 21st February 2011
Bleak Expectations, the hit Radio 4 sitcom set in dickensian times, is set for a transfer to BBC Two.
