All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Steve Ullathorne Pioneering comic hits his crowdfunding target
09/12/2016 … The memoirs of alternative comedy forerunner John Dowie are to be published after the former comedian hit his crowdfunding target.
09/12/2016 … •‘I am the funniest man in the world and I don’t like any other comedians.
09/12/2016 … Billy Connolly has retaken his position at the top of the stand-up DVD chart.
© Toby Hancock/Rex Rowan Atkinson heads star-studded benefit
09/12/2016 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a rare live appearance at a star-studded comedy benefit show next year.
09/12/2016 … Jo Brand is to front a one-off show called Kitten Rescuers for Channel 5.
Supreme Court rules on comedy venues vs TV show
09/12/2016 … The legal battle between the Glee comedy club and the TV series of the same name is to go through another round.
Anglo-Greek Katerina Vrana makes finals of Funniest Person in The World
08/12/2016 … Anglo-Greek comedian Katerina Vrana has made it to the finals of a competition to find the funniest person in the world.
Based on local newspaper headlines
08/12/2016 … Sue Perkins is piloting a new topical comedy show with a difference – all the news stories will be taken from local newspapers.
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