Comedy greats celebrated...
02/08/2010 … Britain’s comedy greats are to be celebrated in a major new piece of public art to be installed in Blackpool.
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All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 August 2010
Sun 01 August 2010
Sean Hughes: I'm quitting stand-up
Comic plans a 'long' sabbatical
01/08/2010 … Sean Hughes says he’s going to give up stand-up for ‘a long time’ once his Edinburgh Fringe show has ended.
Horne and Corden named best double act
01/08/2010 … Horne and Corden are the best comedy duo ever – better than Morecambe and Wise, Laurel and Hardy or The Two Ronnies.
My cocaine and drink addiction
Producer Jimmy Mulville comes clean
01/08/2010 … Top comedy producer Jimmy Mulville has revealed how his father’s suicide sparked a alcohol and cocaine addiction that destroyed his marriage.
Sat 31 July 2010
© NBC 30 Rock goes live
...and cast will have to do it twice
31/07/2010 … America’s NBC network is to broadcast a live edition of its acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock.
Fri 30 July 2010
'I cried all the way home...'
30/07/2010 … Alan Carr's dog is called Beverley Callard, after the Coronation Street actress.
Where are the funny women in films?
30/07/2010 … Bette Midler has claimed funny women find it difficult to break into movies, as there aren’t the roles for them.
Scotland's got sketches
STV back in the genre after 20 years
30/07/2010 … Scottish broadcaster STV has commissioned its first sketch comedy in 20 years.