All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Colleagues recall Dermot Morgan's final days
29/12/2013 … Father Ted star Dermot Morgan was under ‘terrific stress’ and taking blood pressure tablets that ‘would knock out a horse’ just before he died, his co-stars…
9.43m audience for Still Open All Hours
27/12/2013 … Still Open All Hours has pipped Mrs Brown’s Boys to be the most-watched show over the Christmas holiday.
Just ahead of his West End song and dance run...
26/12/2013 … Rufus Hound has again shown of his nifty footwork, winning the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas speical.
© BBC 9.4million watch sitcom special
26/12/2013 … Mrs Brown’s Boys has won the Christmas Day ratings, with 9.
Tracey Ullman's husband backed Jerry Springer: The Opera
26/12/2013 … Allan McKeown, the veteran producer and husband of Tracey Ullman, has died at the age of 67.
24/12/2013 … HEBBURN writer and stand-up comedian Jason Cook is for star in his own Radio 4 show, The comic will front his School Of Hard Knocks in the new year, in which he…
Row over clubs' unpaid wages goes public
24/12/2013 … Jongleurs has vowed to clear all the debts it owes to stand-ups who play its clubs by the end of next month, after the critical issue was made public.
Heart attack claims 'the most powerful man in comedy'
23/12/2013 … Legendary comedy agent Addison Creswell has died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
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