Comics 'will be playing UK stadiums soon'
09/09/2011 … Comedians will be playing huge stadiums in the UK before too long, some industry experts predict.
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Fri 09 September 2011
Dara finds sum laughs
O Briain to host Dave maths series
09/09/2011 … Dara O Briain is to front a maths-based comedy series for digital channel Dave.
Greed and TV are killing comedy
Says top promoter Noel Faulkner
09/09/2011 … One of Britain’s top club promoters has launched a no-holds-barred attack on the greedy agents and generic TV stand-ups he says are killing comedy.
Now it's Friends: The Opera
...but David Schwimmer isn't involved
09/09/2011 … Comedy Central has commissioned an opera based on the long-running sitcom Friends.
Wed 07 September 2011
Jay and Silent Bob to tour UK
New live shows from film cults
07/09/2011 … Film-maker Kevin Smith is coming to the UK for a short live tour of his podcast Jay And Silent Bob Get Old.
BBC picks comics' sitcoms to develop
07/09/2011 … Sitcoms from stand-ups Jason Cook and Pippa Evans are among those to be performed as part of a BBC initiative to develop new ideas for broadcast.
Frank Skinner gets classy
BBC2 comedy on the social order
07/09/2011 … Frank Skinner is to host a one-off comedy show about class for BBC Two.
Rory Bremner joins Strictly Come Dancing
07/09/2011 … Rory Bremner is to be a competitor on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has confirmed.