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.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 November 2008
Bruno strikes again
18/11/2008 … Sacha Baron-Cohen has disrupted filming of hit American TV drama Medium, as he continues to cause chaos as flamboyant fashion reporter Bruno.
Mon 17 November 2008
Kay's royal appointment
Variety show appearance as Geraldine
17/11/2008 … Peter Kay is to appear at this year’s Royal Variety Performance for the first time in a decade, in the guise of his spoof talent-show winner Geraldine McQueen.
The BBC's 'smug comedy consensus'
17/11/2008 … Writer Martin Kelner has accused the BBC of subscribing to a ‘smug’ comedy consensus.
Sun 16 November 2008
Butler's last stop
16/11/2008 … On The Buses star Reg Varney has died at the age of 92.
Fri 14 November 2008
© Universal Studios Russell Brand, graverobber
...and the rest of the Weekly Trivia File
14/11/2008 … ‘Most people in comedy are saying so little and risking so little.
Ross and Brand up for comedy awards
14/11/2008 … Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand have both been nominated for British Comedy Awards, despite the furore over the Andrew Sachs phone calls.
© BBC Bad Cat
Community service for John-Jules
14/11/2008 … Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules has been sentenced 120 hours community service for assaulting two binmen.