John Cleese named top comedy icon
And what good timing, just as a Python series starts...
13/11/2014 … John Cleese has been hailed as the most influential British comedy icon of all time, according to a new survey.
2014 Archives
Thu 13 November 2014
Jim Davidson's PR 'tried to censor review'
Publicist raises threat of legal action
13/11/2014 … Jim Davidson is embroiled in a censorship row after his publicist pressured a journalist to change a review calling him a 'racist comedian'.
BBC backs the radio pirates
New series for People Just Do Nothing
13/11/2014 … BBC Three mockumentary People Just Do Nothing is to return for a second series.
Wed 12 November 2014
John Bishop's coming for Christmas again...
12/11/2014 … JOHN BISHOP'S Christmas Show is to return to BBC One this year, after last year's music and comedy variety show, featuring the likes of Nina Conti and Tim Vine,…
Win a comedy treasure
Detectorists DVDs up for grabs
12/11/2014 … The DVD of Mackenzie Crook’s acclaimed BBC Four comedy Detectorists has been released this week – and we have six copies to give away.