All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Michael Prince Danny Boyle to direct C4 comedy-drama
14/10/2013 … Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have written a new Channel 4 comedy-drama, based around both the top brass and the beat coppers at Scotland Yard.
1,000 enter Gold's gag challenge
14/10/2013 … Almost 1,000 entries have been received in digital channel Gold’s search to update corny Christmas cracker jokes.
14/10/2013 … Humphrey Ker has sold a sitcom based on his own life to America’s ABC network.
Short film to hit the festivals
13/10/2013 … Teenage Britain’s Got Talent comic Jack Carroll is to star in his first short film.
Sue Perkins is the most influential gay comic
13/10/2013 … Sue Perkins is one of the top ten most influential gay people in Britain.
13/10/2013 … Miranda Hart has offered a reward after a laptop containing her material was stolen from her London home.
11/10/2013 … • On daytime TV quiz this week, a contestant was asked to say whether this statement was true or false.
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