Ill Paul misses HIGNFY
Merton's first sick day in 18 years
21/11/2008 … Paul Merton has missed this week’s recording of Have I Got News For You after picking up a kidney infection.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 21 November 2008
Thu 20 November 2008
Comedy ads get the bullet
Venue's logo 'promotes gun crime'
20/11/2008 … A comedy club has been banned from advertising on Virgin Trains for fear it is promoting gun crime.
Izzard to make Riches film
20/11/2008 … Eddie Izzard is making a film version of his cancelled US TV show The Riches.
Kinison movie in the works
20/11/2008 … The life of American comedian Sam Kinison is to be turned into a movie.
Wed 19 November 2008
Marx Bros writer dies
Irving Brecher penned Go West and At The Circus
19/11/2008 … Comedy writer Irving Brecher, who penned two Marx Brothers films, has died in Los Angles at the age of 94.
© BBC After You've Gone is gone
19/11/2008 … BBC One has axed Nicholas Lyndhurst’s sitcom After You've Gone – despite previously announcing the show would run until Christmas 2009.
Tue 18 November 2008
Apollo cleared for lift-off
Line-ups for BBC1 stand-up show
18/11/2008 … The line-up of comedians appearing in the next series of BBC One's Live At The Apollo has been revealed.
Frankie claims DVD record
Fastest-selling stand-up debut
18/11/2008 … Frankie Boyle is claiming the record for the fastest selling debut stand-up DVD ever.