Tue 10 November 2009
Panel shows turned comedy mean
10/11/2009 … Ben Elton has blamed the rise in TV panel shows for what he sees as slipping standards in comedy.
Mon 09 November 2009
Katt Williams arrested
09/11/2009 … American stand-up Katt Williams has reportedly been arrested in on suspicion of burglary.
Thick Of It scoops three Baftas
Triple success at Scottish awards
09/11/2009 … In The Loop has cleaned up at the Scottish Baftas, winning three gongs.
Kay to record 'a new Amarillo'
New track for Children In Need
09/11/2009 … Peter Kay is to record a new charity single for this year's Children in Need appeal, which he says could be ‘another Amarillo’.
othello09
09/11/2009 … LENNY HENRY has been nominated for best newcomer in the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, for his role as Othello at Trafalgar Studios.
Gay men 'make best chat show hosts'
Says a gay man with a chat show...
09/11/2009 … Alan Carr says gay men make the best chat show hosts, because they’re more ‘gossipy’ than heterosexuals.
Abused for taking on the joke thieves
09/11/2009 … Comedians who’ve had their jokes stolen by internet plagiarists are being threatened when they try to protect their material.