© BBC Tate to play Bette Davis
14/04/2010 … Catherine Tate is to play Bette Davis in a new Radio 4 play about the off-camera rivalry on the set of Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?Former EastEnder Tracy-Ann…
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 14 April 2010
© BBC Tue 13 April 2010
© Angela George/CC BY-SA 3.0 Penn & Teller come to the UK
13/04/2010 … Comic magicians Penn & Teller are to perform their first British dates in 16 years.
Comedy Central snaps up stand-ups
More DVDs to air on cable channel
13/04/2010 … Comedy Central has brought the rights to air more stand-up DVDs, including Michael McIntyre’s debut show.
© HBO Perv Your Enthusiasm
13/04/2010 … Curb Your Enthusiasm has been turned into a porn movie.
'A festival of mediocrity'
Melbourne's 370 shows under fire
13/04/2010 … Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper has condemned the Melbourne comedy festival as ‘a fortnight of mediocrity’ dominated by smug comedians too worried…
Mon 12 April 2010
BBC Three goes gaga over La La
Marc Wooton's US series comes to UK
12/04/2010 … BBC Three has bought the rights to air La La Land, British character comic Marc Wootton’s first American series.
Skinner shuns the Pope
...in favour of Samuel Johnson
12/04/2010 … Frank Skinner has turned down the chance to follow the Pope on stage.
Comic relief
First-aid drama at comedy show
12/04/2010 … A comedian had to perform first aid on a member of his audience when she collapsed during his show.