Robert De Niro to play another comedian
15/06/2011 … Sean Penn has signed up to direct Robert De Niro’s new movie about a bitter, ageing stand-up.
Wed 15 June 2011
Matt Lucas films BBC One pilot
15/06/2011 … Matt Lucas is set to front his own BBC One series, based on his Radio 2 awards show.
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15/06/2011 … TIM MINCHIN has been added to the line-up of the Greenwich Comedy Festival, playing the historic Old Royal Naval College on September 5.
Stand Up And Deliver by Andy Kind
15/06/2011 … There are, undoubtedly books around on the experiences of being a comedian that are more emotive, or more inspirational than Andy Kind’s.
Tue 14 June 2011
MPs grill C4 boss over Frankie Boyle gag
Under fire over 'appalling' joke
14/06/2011 … Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s disabled son has come under intense scrutiny in the Commons, with MPs branding it ‘unjustifiable’.
Andrew Maxwell joins Sky 1's Wall Of Fame
With David Walliams and Jack Dee
14/06/2011 … Stand-up Andrew Maxwell is to be a regular team captain on David Walliams’s new Sky 1 panel show, Wall Of Fame.
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14/06/2011 … NIGEL PLANER has received an honorary Doctorate of Arts from Edinburgh Napier University.