From wrestling to stand-up
16/10/2009 … Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden says she felt 'intimidated' when she met Jimmy Carr.
Fri 16 October 2009
Stewart Francis: Tour de Francis
16/10/2009 … Canadian comic Stewart Francis is known for the quality of his one-liners – and is getting rather better known for them thanks to memorable recent appearances…
Alun Cochrane Is A Daydreamer (At Night) at the Brighton Comedy Festival
16/10/2009 … Alun Cochrane is proud to be a man of very modest ambitions, happy to waste hours pondering nothing more than the efficiency of the abbreviation ‘spag bol’ or…
Thu 15 October 2009
Comedy sterotypes are a good thing
By Italian stand-up Giacinto Palmieri
15/10/2009 … It’s accepted wisdom that comedians are allowed to crack jokes about their own ethnic, religious or national groups that would seem offensive coming from outsiders.
qif15
15/10/2009 … AUSTRALIA is to get QI for the first time, with the F series being transmitted on ABC1 from next Tuesday.
Spice Girls of comedy
Producers 'manufacture' all-female sketch show
15/10/2009 … Channel 4 is to air an all-female sketch show featuring stand-ups Josie Long, Sara Pascoe and Nat Luurtsema.