All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
...but he's saved by his stand-up
12/10/2012 … Andrew Maxwell says that a stand-up routine about The Duchess of Cambridge saved him from prison after he was arrested at gunpoint while at the secretive US military…
11/10/2012 … Another man has been jailed for making a sick joke – the third to be sentenced this week.
Clip fest set to air this autumn
11/10/2012 … Channel 4 have picked up Paddy McGuinness's new clip show, Paddy’s TV Guide.
Comics line up for Sky's 11-minute shorts
10/10/2012 … Comics including Johnny Vegas, Katy Brand and Jessica Hynes have been lined up for a new series of Sky Atlantic shorts.
But only in Australia (honestly...)
10/10/2012 … Radio 4 panel game The Unbelievable Truth has been made into a TV show – in Australia.
09/10/2012 … James Corden is to make a six-part comedy thriller for BBC Two called The Wrong Mans.
C4 comedy-drama winds down after 11 series
09/10/2012 … Channel 4's comedy-drama Shameless is to end next year, after 11 series.
09/10/2012 … Justin Lee Collins has been sentenced to 140 hours of community service after a jury found him guilty of harassing his former girlfriend Anna Larke.
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