2011 Archives
Wed 12 October 2011
Turned out nice again...
Frank Skinner makes George Formby documentary
12/10/2011 … Frank Skinner is to examine the life of George Formby in a one-off documentary for BBC Four.
Serious money....
Jongleurs wants investors to fund expansion plans
12/10/2011 … Comedy club chain Jongleurs has announced plans for more venues, a talent management agency, DVD distribution arm and a ‘mainstream TV programme’ as it seeks…
Burma frees dissident comedian
But Zarganar's freedom is 'conditional'
12/10/2011 … Burmese comedian Zarganar has been released from his 35-year prison sentence for criticising the military regime.
London Storytelling Festival 2011 Closing Gala
12/10/2011 … Storytelling can sometimes be seen as comedy’s fey, bookish older brother, brooding alone in the corner as his more popular, charismatic sibling gets all the attention…
Tue 11 October 2011
Blackpool gets a magic carpet
11/10/2011 … Ken Dodd has officially opened the Comedy Carpet in Blackpool – a huge piece of public art honouring around 1,000 comedians.
Mr Methane kicks up an international stink
Row over fake Romanian TV footage
11/10/2011 … A variety performer is at the centre of a diplomatic row after doctored footage of him farting the Romanian national anthem was screened in the Eastern European…
rev11
11/10/2011 … RICHARD E GRANT, Ralph Fiennes and Sylvia Sims have all signed up to appear in the second series of Rev.