'Too old and slow for Mock The Week'
08/07/2011 … 'I'm terrified of British audiences.
Fri 08 July 2011
Frisky & Mannish: Pop Centre Plus
08/07/2011 … How apt that one of the campest double acts in comedy are in possibly the biggest tent in London, as pop parodists Frisky & Mannish take over the Udderbelly for…
Thu 07 July 2011
Not such a rip-off...
Tavare apologises over plagiarism claims
07/07/2011 … After sparking a transatlantic row over plagiarism, stand-up Jim Tavare has conceded that musical comedian Sid Bowfin probably didn’t rip him off.
You couldn't make it up!
Sean Mason despairs of the way improv is treated on TV
07/07/2011 … Improvisation on TV doesn’t need gimmicks, it needs trust.
Dave Gorman quits NOTW column
...then the paper closes anyway
07/07/2011 … Dave Gorman resigned from his column with the News Of The World before the paper's closure was announced this afternoon.
TV giant seeks sitcoms
Talkback Thames names first head of scripted comedy
07/07/2011 … Talkback Thames – the TV giant behind The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent and QI – has appointed its first head of scripted comedy.