Family's disgust at shark-death gags
13/03/2013 … The family of a man killed in a shark attack have registered their disgust at a comedian’s song-and-dance celebration over his death.
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Wed 13 March 2013
Mrs Brown dominates comedy sales
2012 bestsellers' chart published
13/03/2013 … The apparently unstoppable popularity of Mrs Brown's Boys has been revealed in a new chart of the bestselling entertainment items of 2012.
This show's got legs...
Another series for The Last Leg With Adam Hills
13/03/2013 … Adam Hills has been given another series of his topical Channel 4 show The Last Leg.
Tue 12 March 2013
Could you write the next Irish comedy hit?
12/03/2013 … An Irish production company is actively looking for up to ten sitcom writers in its bid to find the next comedy hit.
Remembering Dave Allen
12/03/2013 … Previously unseen footage of Dave Allen is to be screened in a new hour-long documentary about the comedian.
Ross Noble's Elephant Man gag cleared
12/03/2013 … Have I Got News For You has been cleared after a viewer complained that a gag Ross Noble cracked on the show was offensive.
Norman, you legend!
Wisdom wins Leicester fest honour
12/03/2013 … He might not be the most fashionable, of comedians, but Norman Wisdom has been named the ultimate Legend of Comedy.
Mon 11 March 2013
Google hails Douglas Adams
11/03/2013 … Google has marked what would have been Douglas Adams’s 61st birthday with a Google Doodle.