How comedy got serious
Alexei Sayle on today’s slick business
13/02/2007 … The ‘shambolic chaos’ of the comedy circuit has been replaced by businesslike professionalism and ‘the smell of money’ Alexei Sayle has claimed.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 13 February 2007
The future starts here
Chortle student hunt gets under way
13/02/2007 … Chortle’s hunt for the best new student comics in Britain kicks off in Newcastle this week.
Mon 12 February 2007
Mecca me laugh...
Muslim comedy tour comes to UK
12/02/2007 … Allah Made Me Funny, the Muslim stand-up tour that has attracted huge interest in the States, is coming to the UK.
More Fame
12/02/2007 … Ricky Gervais has added another batch of dates to his current live show, Fame, said to be the fastest-selling comedy tour ever.
Fri 09 February 2007
Getting his Kicks on TV
Ade's radio sitcom heads for BBC2
09/02/2007 … Adrian Edmondson’s Radio 2 sitcom Teenage Kicks could be coming to TV.
© Apple I'll get me Mac...
09/02/2007 … Simon Pegg wrote his university dissertation on 'a Marxist overview of popular Seventies cinema and hegemonic discourses'.
'Carr's no star'
...says the man who gave him an award
09/02/2007 … He may have won the British Comedy Award for his stand-up – but there’s at least one person who doesn’t rate Jimmy Carr: the producer who masterminds the show.
Thu 08 February 2007
Coogan's shorts
08/02/2007 … Steve Coogan is to appear in a new series of eight comedy shorts for digital channel UKTV G2.