Student entries flood in
06/02/2013 … More than 250 would-be comedians have applied for this year's Chortle Student Comedy Award.
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Wed 06 February 2013
Sky Atlantic makes a splash
Double comedy nominees at South Bank awards
06/02/2013 … Sky Atlantic has dominated the comedy nominations in this year’s South Bank Awards.
Cuckoo set to return
06/02/2013 … BBC Three series Cuckoo is believed to have been commissioned for a second series.
Tue 05 February 2013
© NBC Donald Trump sues comic for $5m
Tycoon takes Bill Maher's joke seriously
05/02/2013 … Billionaire Donald Trump is suing US comic Bill Maher for $5million over a joke he made on air.
Mon 04 February 2013
Comic in terrifying M40 crash
04/02/2013 … Stand-up Martin Mor has cheated death after wrecking his car in a high-speed motorway crashHe flipped his Honda Civic over on the M40 near Oxford on Saturday morning,…
Jeffrey Tambor joins The Onion
Online role for Arrested Development star
04/02/2013 … Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor is to star in a new comedy show from satirical website The Onion.
A show for comics who can't get a laugh
04/02/2013 … David Baddiel is working on a new game show for Radio 4 – in which comedians have to AVOID getting a laugh.
My Absolutely Fabulous life
Jennifer Saunders to pen memoirs
04/02/2013 … Jennifer Saunders is writing her autobiography, to be released this autumn.