Further education for comedians...
Sarah Slack's dos and don'ts of university gigs
01/10/2012 … Professional comedy nights are as much a part of the student entertainment circuit as big-name DJs and booze-sponsored balls.
Mon 01 October 2012
1.3m knocked out of the World Cup
Ratings error on C4 comedy show
01/10/2012 … Channel 4’s new panel show The Comedy World Cup has turned out to be a lot less popular than first thought, thanks to an error by audience-measuring company Barb.
Is dramatising old comics' lives in the best possible taste?
Chris Hallam thinks it's all in the performance
01/10/2012 … Kenny Everett has a slightly awkward reputation.
Charlie Murphy axes UK tour
01/10/2012 … American comic Charlie Murphy has cancelled almost hall of his UK tour, just over a week before the first date.
'If there's any anxiety about the number of funny women, here's the perfect antidote.'
BBC One's new sitcom Me And Mrs Jones
01/10/2012 … The timing couldn't have been better.
Sam's the man
Simmons lands his own TV sketch show
01/10/2012 … Edinburgh comedy award nominee Sam Simmons has landed his own TV sketch show in Australia.