All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC ...against C4's Friday Night Dinner
28/02/2012 … Ricky Gervais’s Life's Too Short and Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner are both up for best sitcom at this year's Rose d'Or international TV awards.
...after mentoring from pro comics
28/02/2012 … Five top sports stars are to try their hand at stand-up as part of this year’s Sport Relief fundraising drive.
What The Butler Saw in West End
27/02/2012 … Omid Djalili is to star in a new West End production of Joe Orton’s comedy What the Butler Saw.
Sixth series of Rob Brydon panel show
27/02/2012 … BBC One has ordered a sixth run of Would I Lie To You? Another nine half-hour shows, hosted by Rob Brydon, will air in an 8.
Shooting starts on Svengali movie
27/02/2012 … Filming has started today on a new music-business comedy movie which began life as an internet viral.
Trailer for the US take on The Thick Of It
27/02/2012 … The first trailer has been released for the US version of The Thick Of It, Veep.
'My comedy is harder than it looks'
27/02/2012 … Michael McIntyre has defended himself against his critics – saying his brand of observational comedy is harder than it looks.
26/02/2012 … Miles Jupp is through to the final of Let's Dance For Sport Relief after his version of Prodigy’s Firestarter was saved by judges.
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