BBC orders two more series from Stewart Lee
Comedy Vehicle is back... from 2014
23/03/2012 … The BBC has ordered two more series of Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - but fans will have to wait two more years.
Fri 23 March 2012
Greg Proops at Soho Theatre
23/03/2012 … He’s still best known as an improviser from the Nineties, but in his modern stand-up guise, Greg Proops is a jackhammer of sarcasm, driving away relentlessly…
Thu 22 March 2012
Funny Women faces new 'pay to play' row
£15 fee, despite sponsorship cash
22/03/2012 … Funny Women is continuing to charge would-be comedians £15 to perform – even though it has secured sponsorship for its annual competition.
A Fistful of dollars
More Fist Of Fun on DVD after Series 1 turns a profit
22/03/2012 … The second series of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring’s Fist Of Fun is to be released on DVD – after the first turned a profit.
Feel the hate
Chris Hallam on the comics we love to loathe
22/03/2012 … Why are some comedians hated? Consider Frankie Boyle.
ITV vows to boost comedy
As it appoints a new commissioner
22/03/2012 … ITV has hired the producer of Little Britain as it vows to plough more money into prime-tine comedy.