Jimmy Carr signs Netflix deal
09/11/2015 … Jimmy Carr is to become the first British comedian to make an original stand-up special for Netflix.
Mon 09 November 2015
Alfie Brown: -ism
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … Over the past handful of years Alfie Brown’s forged a reputation for being a smart, opinionated, contrarian full of firm beliefs, if sometimes difficult and intense…
Ed Weeks sells sitcom script to America's ABC
Written with Peep Show's producer
09/11/2015 … Peep Show producer Hannah Mackay and British comic Ed Weeks have sold a script to America's ABC network.
A bunch of Roses
Brits dominate Rose d'Or shortlists
09/11/2015 … Comedy talent from the veterans of Monty Python to the newcomers of Newsjack have been shortlisted for prestigious international Rose d'Or Awards.
Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer
Gig review by Steve Bennett at the Soho Theatre, London
09/11/2015 … ‘This is not stand-up comedy,’ avant-garde diva Penny Arcade declares.
The Comedians by Kliph Nesteroff
09/11/2015 … There's a strong argument to be made for stand-up being a quintessentially American art form.
Cops 'seize' sitcom artwork
Scot Squad prop dispatched to the Highlands
09/11/2015 … The police station in Thurso now boasts a new portrait, after being the butt of a joke in BBC Scotland sitcom Scot Squad.