Tim Minchin to play the Proms
First comedy gig in festival's 116 years
14/04/2011 … Tim Minchin is to appear in this year’s Proms, marking the first time comedy has been programmed at the classical music festival in its 116-year history.
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Thu 14 April 2011
Comedy Central makes its first sitcom
14/04/2011 … Comedy Central has commissioned its first ever sitcom.
Joke theft rife among comics
More than half have been victims
14/04/2011 … It is supposed to be the cardinal sin of comedy, banished from modern practice along with frilly shirts and mother-in-law jokes.
Wed 13 April 2011
Reeves sells his art
200 pieces to go under the hammer
13/04/2011 … Vic Reeves will be selling around 200 pieces of his artwork his weekend.
David Jason back doing BBC comedy
New sitcom on Royal bodyguards
13/04/2011 … David Jason is to star in a new BBC One sitcom – his first for the channel since Only Fools And Horses.
Mon 11 April 2011
Patrick Stewart sorry for Corden incident
11/04/2011 … Sir Patrick Stewart says he regrets his onstage fallout with James Corden.
Writer's block says you're doing something wrong
LCWF: Veteran producer Jon Plowman
11/04/2011 … LONDON COMEDY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: Don’t become a writer unless you have something to say, one of Britain’s top comedy producers has warned.
Radio: where comedy can fail
LCWF: Writers get second chances
11/04/2011 … LONDON COMEDY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: Radio gives comedy writers a licence to fail, according to one of its top names.