All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© Optimum Releasing / Film 4 MI5 agents told: Watch Four Lions
20/07/2010 … British intelligence agents have been told to watch Chris Morris’s Four Lions movie to get a better understanding of home-grown terrorists.
© BBC Co-writer thinks remake has 'gone away'
20/07/2010 … Plans for a US version of Gavin & Stacey have been shelved, co-writer Ruth Jones believes.
20/07/2010 … He might not be your typical pop star – but Armando Iannucci has just released a single.
Stewart Lee attacks 'inane' comedy poll
20/07/2010 … Stewart Lee has attacked the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards for opening up a public vote for a ‘comedy god’ from all the previous Perrier and if.
Keith Chegwin under fire for nicking jokes
19/07/2010 … Comedians have turned on Keith Chegwin after he tweeted other people’s gags to his 36,000 followers.
Klang star oversees comic showdown
19/07/2010 … Greg Davies is to host a new BBC show in which comedians try to outdo each other in performing ridiculous feats.
19/07/2010 … Simon Pegg is poised to appear alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible 4.
Holmes sets the lawyers on the BBC
19/07/2010 … Jokes about Eamonn Holmes’s weight have been dropped from a BBC comedy show after the presenter called in the lawyers, it has been reported.
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