Ricky Gervais to join the Muppets
Comic 'in talks' for starring role
18/12/2012 … Ricky Gervais is in talks to take the lead role in the next Muppets movie.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 December 2012
C4 drops Full English
18/12/2012 … Channel 4 pulled the last episode of its animated series Full English from its schedules last night.
I Love My Country... but not that much
David Walliams pulls out of panel show
18/12/2012 … David Walliams has dropped out of BBC One’s new primetime panel show, I Love My Country.
Mon 17 December 2012
We Khan't investigate
17/12/2012 … Citizen Khan has escaped an Ofcom investigation into claims it was offensive to Muslims.
Horgan's heroes
Sharon meets the women who've had a midlife crisis
17/12/2012 … Sharon Horgan is to front a second documentary for Channel 4 in the New Year – this one examining women who underwent a midlife crises.
It's the Pyschobitches
Series cast revealed – including a League of Gentlemen reunion
17/12/2012 … More details have been released of the new series of Psychobitches – the Sky Arts series in which comedy stars play female historical figures on the therapists…
© C4 New IT Crowd special 'next year'
17/12/2012 … The IT Crowd is set to return for a one-off special sometime next year.
Addison's ads 'most memorable'
Direct Line campaign tops poll
17/12/2012 … Chris Addison and Alexander Armstrong might have been dropped from their Direct Line adverts – but they were the most effective on TV this year.