Bishop's move
Primetime BBC One show for John
26/04/2010 … Stand-up John Bishop is to host a primetime Saturday night show for BBC One – with his name in the title.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 26 April 2010
Taking stand-up to the Middle East
26/04/2010 … A new documentary about comedy in the Middle East has premiered at New York’s Tribeca film festival.
Sun 25 April 2010
Missing the joke...
Tories ask for help from comics who mocked them
25/04/2010 … The Conservatives’ advertising agency have asked a bunch of comedians to produce a party political broadcast for them – after watching them mock Samantha Cameron.
Sat 24 April 2010
Save our BBC!
24/04/2010 … Peter Kay, Eddie Izzard and David Mitchell are among the comics to have joined a campaign to publicly oppose Conservative attacks on the BBC.
C4 Comedy Gala to return in 2011
This year's event raises £900,000
24/04/2010 … Plans are afoot for another star-studded Channel 4 Comedy Gala next year – after this year’s O2 Arena event raised nearly £900,000.
Get out of the kitchen...
Mark Watson voted off reality show
24/04/2010 … Mark Watson has become the second celebrity to be voted off Marco’s Kitchen Burnout.
Fri 23 April 2010
Charlie Brooker to host R4 panel show
23/04/2010 … Charlie Brooker is to present a new comedy panel game for Radio 4.
© Universal Studios Brand 'set alight' on film set
But Russell escapes serious harm
23/04/2010 … Russell Brand escaped injury on the set of his latest film after he was accidentally set alight.