100 comics protest baby deportations
Open letter from Australia's 'professional dickheads’
10/02/2016 … <p> A hundred of Australia’s leading comedians have issued an open letter to their government urging them not to deport 37 babies.
Wed 10 February 2016
C5 orders improvised border guards mockumentary
Its first new comedy in a decade
10/02/2016 … Channel 5 has ordered an improvised mockumentary based around border guards.
© Petr Novák / Creative Commons Chris Morris is developing a new movie
Satirist working with Film4 again
10/02/2016 … Chris Morris is making a new film, it has been revealed.
Comedian proposes on stage – and gets rejected
10/02/2016 … Excruciating footage has emerged of a stand-up proposing on stage – only to be rejected.
Tue 09 February 2016
Jokes violate norms - that's why they're funny AND offensive
Barry Carter looks at the theories of comedy
09/02/2016 … There are many popular theories of comedy which attempt to explain why we find something funny.
Carry On writer dies at 93
Norman Hudis wrote first six movies
09/02/2016 … Norman Hudis, who wrote the first six Carry On films, has died in California at the age of 93.