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14/11/2011 … An incredible 17 stand-up DVD titles have all been released today.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 14 November 2011
Sun 13 November 2011
Peter Kay makes £7m from stand-up
...and there's lots more to come
13/11/2011 … Peter Kay is making more than £7million a year from stand-up, according to his official accounts.
Don't call stupid comics 'brave'
13/11/2011 … ‘Stewart Lee has challenged the notion that comics doing offensive material are in any way ‘brave’.
Fri 11 November 2011
Russell Kane signs first book deal
Novel about humourless comedy critic
11/11/2011 … Russell Kane has signed a book deal for his first novel – about a comedy critic who ‘lacks any kind of human empathy’.
Oh, smeg!
Red Dwarf ticket demand crashes website
11/11/2011 … Red Dwarf fans have crashed the website of a TV audience company, after tickets were released for the new series.
Al Pacino, stand-up comic
11/11/2011 … ‘I am not a massive drinker – except when I’m out with James Corden and Jason Manford.
Limmy sorry over 'Die Now' tweets
11/11/2011 … Scottish comedian Limmy has backtracked over a series of aggressive Tweets against Margaret Thatcher and the Royal Family, after they sparked calls for him to be…
Ex Celtic star pens a sitcom
Jackie McNamara launches pilot
11/11/2011 … Former Celtic football star Jackie McNamara has turned to sitcom writing.