Comedians are psychopathic masochists with a death wish
24/03/2011 … I have seen several comedians get very close to big-time success and then destroy their own chances.
2011 Archives
Thu 24 March 2011
© BBC Johnny Depp to appear in Gervais sitcom
24/03/2011 … Johnny Depp is to make a guest appearance in Ricky Gervais's new sitcom, Life's Too Short.
© BBC Work about to restart on The Thick Of It
24/03/2011 … Work on the new series of The Thick Of It is to start next week, creator Armando Iannucci has revealed.
quiz24
24/03/2011 … DES CLARKE is to host Chortle's comedy-based pub quiz at the Glasgow Comedy Festival on Sunday afternoon.
Boothby Graffoe at the Glasgow Comedy Festival
24/03/2011 … Many of the headliners of the Glasgow Comedy Festival are of a particularly spiky sort: Jerry Sadowitz, Frankie Boyle, Doug Stanhope… By way of contrast, Boothby…
Wed 23 March 2011
Comics rally for joke Tweet trial
Stars launch benefit to pay legal bills
23/03/2011 … Some of Britain’s top comedians are joining forces to raise money for the man prosecuted for joking on Twitter.
Nathan lands R4 series
23/03/2011 … Stand-up Nathan Caton has been commissioned to write and star in a four-part series for Radio 4.