Thu 10 May 2012
Female comics on the couch...
In new Sky Arts historical comedy
10/05/2012 … Top female comedians including Catherine Tate, Sharon Horgan and Katy Brand are to play a series of historical characters in a new one-off comedy.
Seinfeld and Gervais, together again?
New car series in the pipeline
10/05/2012 … Ricky Gervais is teaming up with new pal Jerry Seinfeld for a new TV series about cars.
Wocka! Wocka!
Montreal fest reveals its line-up – including The Muppets
10/05/2012 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has unveiled its 2012 line-up – with The Muppets hosting two prestigious gala shows.
Titter ye may...
Unseen Frankie Howerd footage to be aired
10/05/2012 … Previously unseen footage of Frankie Howerd is to be aired in a new Channel 4 documentary.
William Shatner beams into HIGNFY
'Kirk' to boldly go into host's chari
10/05/2012 … William Shatner is to guest host Have I Got News For You.
Angie Le Mar: In My Shoes
10/05/2012 … It is possibly a mistake to market In My Shoes with its jovial poster of a beaming Angie Le Mar and a flyer blurb that uses 'comedy' as three of its first 20 words.
Wed 09 May 2012
belg09
09/05/2012 … MIKE BELGRAVE won Chortle's £75 for the best Correspondents article in April, for his list of 100 things a comedian should do.