
2014 Archives
Mon 08 December 2014


Another round of Toast
Channel 4 orders a third series of Matt Berry's comedy
08/12/2014 … Channel 4 has commissioned Matt Berry to make a third series of Toast of London.


Reg D Hunter investigates blackface
08/12/2014 … Reginald D Hunter is to investigate blackface and minstrel shows for a BBC Two documentary about the music of the American South.

Why stand-up is easy
Helen Keeler has it all figured out (Well, just comedy, really)
08/12/2014 … If there's one amazing thing about doing stand-up, it's that people are impressed.


Good comedians die young
...according to new academic research
08/12/2014 … The funniest comedians are more likely to die young, according to a new scientific paper.

Australian comic Stella Young dies
Disability campaigner was just 32
08/12/2014 … Australian comedian Stella Young has died unexpectedly at the age of 32.