Two women make the shortlist
Long and Millican up for Edinburgh Comedy Award
25/08/2010 … The shortlist has been unveiled for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards – with two women up for the main award for the first time.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 25 August 2010
Bird flies back
Simon rejoins Inbetweeners movie
25/08/2010 … Simon Bird has reportedly started shooting the movie version of The Inbetweeners after accepting producers’ original pay deal.
Tue 24 August 2010
Great Scott
John wins £12,000 comedy prize
24/08/2010 … Stand-up John Scott has won the most lucrative prize in comedy – scooping £12,000 in a competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sarah Millican signs DVD deal
Rare release for a female comic
24/08/2010 … Sarah Millican has signed a deal to release her first ever stand-up DVD – even though the video label says female comics rarely sell as well as men.
Scoot off!
Stranded 3ft 6in comic launches transport campaign
24/08/2010 … Stand-up Tanyalee Davis has launched a one-woman campaign to overturn a ban on mobility scooters on trains and buses after repeatedly being left stranded late at…
Mon 23 August 2010
Comics disrupt BBC News
23/08/2010 … Comedians have been causing chaos on the BBC News Channel in the wake of the ‘best joke of the Fringe’ award.
Aiming high...
Gervais plans a film of the sitcom he's not yet made
23/08/2010 … Ricky Gervais says he wants to make a movie spin-off of his new sitcom Life's Too Short – even before filming has started on the TV series.
Hardee's ha-has
More Fringe award nominees announced
23/08/2010 … The shortlist for the annual Malcolm Hardee Awards for has been announced at the Edinburgh Fringe.