Female comedy award open for entries
10/05/2011 … Entries have opened for the Funny’s Funny female comedian of the year award.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 10 May 2011
Have I Got News... composer dies
Mystery as Big George dies at 53
10/05/2011 … ‘Big’ George Webley, the composer of the Have I Got News For You theme tune, has died at the age of 53.
Sky announces spy comedy
Six-part sitcom from new writer
10/05/2011 … Sky One has announced a new home-grown sitcom about a single dad who accidentally gets recruited as a trainee spy.
Tiernan flooded out
10/05/2011 … Tommy Tiernan has been forced to cancel a gig in Canada tomorrow night because of flooding.
Comics scoop top radio awards
10/05/2011 … Jason Byrne, Robin Ince and Frank Skinner scooped three of radio’s top accolades at the Sony Awards last night.
Mon 09 May 2011
© BBC QI's bleeping useless
Dave rapped for not disguising swear word
09/05/2011 … The Dave channel has been rapped for broadcasting an edition of QI without properly bleeping the word ‘fuck’.
Cleese to write his memoirs
...but he needs help remembering
09/05/2011 … John Cleese is to write his memoirs.
Fri 06 May 2011
Tim Minchin to headline festival
06/05/2011 … Tim Minchin is to headline a comedy and music festival in an East London park this summer.