Sky to revive spoof chat show
01/05/2012 … The Kumars at No 42 is set to make a comeback – but in a downsized version.
Tue 01 May 2012
Comedy Store makes £700,000 profit
...and pays comics £2.9million
01/05/2012 … The Comedy Store made £726,000 in pre-tax profit last year, according to its annual report.
Meera Syal’s Asian Comedy Night
BBC Asian Network recording, reviewed by Steve Bennett
01/05/2012 … In one of their sketches, comedy duo Asians Provocateurs struggle to list high-profile Asian women: ‘Baroness Warsi, Meera Syal and, erm, Meera Syal?’ It would…
How's this for a punch line?
01/05/2012 … Scottish comic Alan Anderson has been punched in the face after a run-in with a heckler.
Come crawling to us for tickets...
Win admission to the Camden Crawl
01/05/2012 … The Camden Crawl comes to London this weekend – with a single ticket giving festival-goers access to more than 300 music, comedy and other artistic performances.
Matt Lucas makes directorial debut
With a music video for The Proclaimers
01/05/2012 … Matt Lucas has made his debut as a director, thanks to The Proclaimers.
HBO orders more Veeps
Second series for Iannucci satire
01/05/2012 … HBO has ordered a second series of Armando Iannucci's political satire Veep.
Meera Syal’s Asian Comedy Night
01/05/2012 … In one of their sketches, comedy duo Asians Provocateurs struggle to list high-profile Asian women: ‘Baroness Warsi, Meera Syal and, erm, Meera Syal?’ It would…