Chortle Award 2013 nominees are out
Lee, Calman and Pappy's lead the field
26/02/2013 … SORRY POLLS HAVE NOW CLOSEDThe shortlists for this year’s Chortle awards have been announced, with Stewart Lee, Susan Calman and Pappy’s leading the field, with…
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Tue 26 February 2013
Jack Whitehall announces arena tour
26/02/2013 … Jack Whitehall is to become the latest comedian to join the ranks of arena stand-ups.
What a bummer
Ade Edmonson vows: I'll never do Bottom again
26/02/2013 … Adrian Edmondson has vowed: ‘I'll never do anything like Bottom with Rik Mayall again’.
The Onion disciplines gag writers
26/02/2013 … The Onion is promising a clampdown on its writers after sparking a Twitter storm over an Oscars gag.
Can you be a comedian and a judge?
A US legal panel is about to decide
26/02/2013 … An American judge may have to give up his sideline as a stand-up comic after an ethics committee said it could compromise his legal authority.
Mon 25 February 2013
Blandings star dies
25/02/2013 … The porcine star of BBC comedy-drama Blandings, The Empress, has died.
Sun 24 February 2013
Romesh is the best of Leicester
Ranganathan wins new act crown
24/02/2013 … Romesh Ranganathan has won this year’s Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Award, following in the footsteps of Rhod Gilbert, Jason Manford and Johnny Vegas.
Sat 23 February 2013
The history of comedy in four hours
David Mitchell's new R2 series
23/02/2013 … David Mitchell is to trace the evolution of British comedy in a four-part series for Radio 2.