James Corden turns to stand-up
25/10/2012 … James Corden is trying his hand at stand-up.
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Thu 25 October 2012
David Mitchell: I'd like to be in a play
Comic wants to stretch his acting
25/10/2012 … David Mitchell says he’d like to star in a stage play – but is nervous about taking the plunge.
Anna, Katy, Derek and a Black Mirror
C4 reveals its autumn/winter line-up
25/10/2012 … Channel 4 has announced its autumn and winter schedule, with several new comedy shows in the pipeline.
Who does Hills think he is?
Adam to take part in family tree show
25/10/2012 … Adam Hills has traced his European ancestry for the television show Who Do You Think You Are?The comedian filmed his episode for the Australian version of the show…
Sketch series for stand-up duo
25/10/2012 … Stand-ups Inel Tomlinson and Johnny Cochrane are to make a new sketch show for CBBC.
Wed 24 October 2012
Bongo's new beat
Edinburgh club to use Underbelly space outside of the Fringe
24/10/2012 … Edinburgh’s Bongo Club has been offered a new home – in the space that Underbelly Cowgate occupies during the Fringe.
'Will joke for food'
Desperate move for starving comics
24/10/2012 … 'Will work for food' is the sign of the starving and wretched everywhere – and now hard-up comedians have turned to making the same desperate offer.
Give a gorilla a camera...
Boosh's Bollo exhibits comics' portraits
24/10/2012 … He's best known in comedy for playing Bollo The Gorilla in The Mighty Boosh – but now Dave Brown is showing a different side, with an exhibition of comedians'…