Funny? You just can't teach it
Comic ability is innate, says academic
21/03/2010 … Comic talent is something you’re either born with or you’re not, claims an academic who specialises in comedy.
2010 Archives
Sun 21 March 2010
Now comics have their own 'job fair'
21/03/2010 … Fears that the world of stand-up has become too ‘corporate’ will be fuelled by the news that the first job fair for comedians has been staged in America.
Dark thoughts
Hartley Pool reviews Lizzie And Sarah
21/03/2010 … If you rolled home after a few bevies last night and turned on BBC2, you could be forgiven for assuming you’d passed out in front of the TV and been subject to…
Sat 20 March 2010
© BBC World Cup show for Corden
20/03/2010 … James Corden is to host a regular World Cup show for ITV.
Fri 19 March 2010
Too dark for the BBC?
Hynes and Davis comedy sidelined to 11.45pm
19/03/2010 … The BBC has been accused of burying a new comedy from Julia Davis and Jessica Hynes because the tone is too ‘brutal’ for primetime.
Benidorm's fourth series confirmed
19/03/2010 … ITV has confirmed that Johnny Vegas sitcom Benidorm will be returning for a fourth series.
Win Teenage Cancer Trust gig tickets
See the show from a swanky box!
19/03/2010 … Next Tuesday, the Royal Albert Hall hosts the annual Teenage Cancer Trust charity gig – and we have a pair of tickets in an exclusive box to give away.