Taking stand-up to the Middle East
26/04/2010 … A new documentary about comedy in the Middle East has premiered at New York’s Tribeca film festival.
2010 Archives
Mon 26 April 2010
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26/04/2010 … RUSSELL HOWARD completed the London Marathon in 4hrs 15mins on Sunday – 40 minutes faster than Lee Evans.
Katy Brand's Big Ass Tour
26/04/2010 … The promoters of Katy Brand’s first tour seem to have grossly overestimated the pulling power of her ITV2 sketch show.
Sun 25 April 2010
Missing the joke...
Tories ask for help from comics who mocked them
25/04/2010 … The Conservatives’ advertising agency have asked a bunch of comedians to produce a party political broadcast for them – after watching them mock Samantha Cameron.
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25/04/2010 … ARCTIC adventure comedy Beyond The Pole, starring Stephen Mangan and Rhys Thomas, has been named best comedy at the London Independent Film Festival.
cleesknee25
25/04/2010 … JOHN CLEESE is having a second operation on his knee after his joint gave way, and appeared in a wheelchair when he filmed this week's Graham Norton Show.
Sat 24 April 2010
Save our BBC!
24/04/2010 … Peter Kay, Eddie Izzard and David Mitchell are among the comics to have joined a campaign to publicly oppose Conservative attacks on the BBC.
C4 Comedy Gala to return in 2011
This year's event raises £900,000
24/04/2010 … Plans are afoot for another star-studded Channel 4 Comedy Gala next year – after this year’s O2 Arena event raised nearly £900,000.