Heckle putdown winds up in court
Human rights case over 'dyke' comment
30/03/2010 … Court proceedings have begun for a comedian accused of breaching a heckler’s human rights for branding her a ‘dyke’.
2010 Archives
Tue 30 March 2010
Altitude 2010
30/03/2010 … Some of Britain's top comics have just spent a week in the Alps, at the skiing and comedy festival, Altitude.
Mon 29 March 2010
© BBC BBC renews The Thick Of It
29/03/2010 … The BBC has ordered a fourth series of The Thick Of It, Armando Iannucci has revealed.
Who made Brigstocke king?
Marcus to star in Spamalot tour
29/03/2010 … Marcus Brigstocke is to play King Arthur in the touring production of Monty Python’s Spamalot.
Comics on the white powder...
Bruce Dessau reports from Altitude 2010
29/03/2010 … It was a case of third time lucky for the Altitude Festival in Meribel, in the French Alps.
Jongleurs to be sued over posters
Agents' fury at use of big-name acts
29/03/2010 … Comedy club chain Jongleurs has been forced to take down its advertising billboards over allegations it is misleading punters into thinking big names such as Jimmy…
A foreign Office success
Alyssa Harrison on lessons learned from five years of The Office
29/03/2010 … Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant might never have guessed that the fruit of their creative loins would be such a hit in the States.