Telly comics flourish, but not the grassroots
Conference hears the state of the industry
05/10/2012 … The boom in stand-up on TV has not had a trickle-down benefit for Britain’s grassroot comedy clubs, a meeting of industry insiders has heard.
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Fri 05 October 2012
'Men paid £2,000 a night for my company'
05/10/2012 … ‘It’s offensive, it’s degrading and it’s not funny.
Peter Kay phones it in
05/10/2012 … Peter Kay is appearing in a play in his home town of Bolton.
Sacha Baron Cohen and The Lesbian
05/10/2012 … Sacha Baron Cohen is working on a movie based on a Hong Kong billionaire who offered £40 million to any man who succeeded in marrying his lesbian daughter.
Thu 04 October 2012
Vegas joins Mr Stink
BBC adapting David Walliams book in 3D
04/10/2012 … Johnny Vegas has joined the cast of the TV adaptation of David Walliams’ children’s novel Mr Stink.
Sky pulls more Crackers
Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran and more join line-up
04/10/2012 … Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Spy star Darren Boyd and Rebecca Front are to make their own Little Cracker films this Christmas, Sky 1 has announced today.
John Cleese signs memoirs deal
'Autobiographies don't come bigger than this'
04/10/2012 … John Cleese has signed a deal to write his memoirs.
Rob Brydon gets a US pilot
As a 'fish out of water' in LA
04/10/2012 … Rob Brydon is to pilot for his own comedy series for acclaimed American cable network HBO.