Peter Kay sells 10m DVDs
Adding up all stand-up and TV shows
12/12/2011 … Peter Kay has become the first British comic to sell more than 10 million copies of his DVDs.
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Mon 12 December 2011
Lee Evans retains DVD top slot
12/12/2011 … Lee Evans has retained his position at the top of the stand-up DVD chart.
Sun 11 December 2011
Miranda leads Comedy Award nominations
Along with Friday Night Dinner
11/12/2011 … Miranda Hart and Friday Night Dinner lead the nominations for this year’s British Comedy Awards – with four apiece.
Sat 10 December 2011
Saved: The nightclubs which host Jongleurs
10/12/2011 … The nightclub chain where Jongleurs runs more than half of its comedy nights has been saved in a £45million deal.
Fri 09 December 2011
Mike McShane dead? Thankfully not...
Hacked Twitter account sparks rumours
09/12/2011 … American comic Mike McShane has reassured fans he’s all right after a rumour spread around Twitter that he had died.
BBC shelves Clarkson's QI show
09/12/2011 … The BBC has shelved tonight's planned edition of QI – because of fears of a viewer backlash over Jeremy Clarkson.
Britain's comedy habits revealed
09/12/2011 … Almost 20 million people go to at least one live comedy show a year, according to a new survey.
'I fancy Ricky Gervais like mad, he's so sexy'
09/12/2011 … Tim Key on his short films: ‘The most expensive was £150, and that was only because we had to buy and slaughter two eels.