Writer writes guide to Guide writer's writings
Or: Douglas Adams biography due
16/07/2013 … Comedy historian Jem Roberts has signed a deal for a new book about Douglas Adams.
Tue 16 July 2013
There's nothing funny about weight jokes
...or other mental health issues, says Juliette Burton
16/07/2013 … I wrote a joke recently (yeah! I know! A joke!) and I wrestled with whether it was funny or not.
Mon 15 July 2013
Serafinowicz to helm movie about a comedian
15/07/2013 … Peter Serafinowicz is to make his debut as a film director, with a film about a comedian that he co-wrote with Danny Wallace.
Comedy's brave new world
Futurologist Marc Munro Scott gazes into his crystal ball
15/07/2013 … The year is 2167 and the stand-up comedian’s function in society is questionable.
Own Kryten's head
15/07/2013 … • A REPLICA of Kryten's head from Red Dwarf is among a massive sell-off of office equipment from the BBC Television Centre.
Rap for Arthur Smith's f-bomb
15/07/2013 … A TV channel has been rapped by watchdogs after Arthur Smith told a talent show hopeful to ‘fuck off’.
C4 backs a new comedy course
15/07/2013 … The National Film and Television School is launching the UK’s first comedy course to be recognised by the TV industry.
1. Famous people
15/07/2013 … Our annual lists of Fringe highlights – one each weekday for the next fortnight and arbitrarily categorised and ordered – starts with the people who need…