Making a Stand in Newcastle
Scottish comedy club heads south
24/01/2011 … Scottish comedy club The Stand is expanding, with a new custom-built venue in Newcastle – its biggest room yet.
Mon 24 January 2011
Dara upsets the astrologers
24/01/2011 … Astrologers are demanding the BBC apologise after Dara O’Briain called their unproven pseudo-science ‘rubbish’.
Crying out for a winner...
Win stand-up based thriller on DVD
24/01/2011 … The independent thriller Crying With Laughter – about a stand-up whose life has stopped being funny – is released on DVD today, and we have six copies to give…
Wright Stuff in the wrong
Channel 5 rapped for Tim Minchin plug
24/01/2011 … Channel 5 show The Wright Stuff has landed in trouble with broadcast watchdogs for blatantly plugging Tim Minchin’s DVD.
Hindus upset at Jim Carrey Ganesh sketch
24/01/2011 … Religious leaders have demanded a Jim Carrey sketch be censored for poking fun at Hindu god Lord Ganesh.
2.5million watch Comedy Awards
24/01/2011 … The British Comedy Awards attracted a very healthy 2.