50 hours of stand-up
New York comics set new record
04/06/2008 … Comedians in New York are currently setting a new world record for the longest ever stand-up show.
2008 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 04 June 2008
Big Brother's big break
04/06/2008 … New stand-up Jack Whitehall is to be the first guest presenter of the new series of Big Brother’s Big Mouth.
Chris Rock can't get arrested... literally
Bizarre 'practical joke' goes awry
04/06/2008 … Chris Rock has obtained a court order that prevents South African police from arresting him, after a practical joke went wrong.
Beyond the bar...
Murray lands ITV1 series... but not as Pub Landlord
04/06/2008 … Al Murray is to ditch his Pub Landlord creation for a new ITV1 sketch show.
Tue 03 June 2008
© HBO Kim gets into Joanna's Skin
America remakes another UK sitcom
03/06/2008 … Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall is to star in a US remake of the Joanna Lumley sitcom Sensitive Skin.
New sitcom is Nye
03/06/2008 … Men Behaving Badly writer SimonNye is working on a new ITV1 comedy, based around a teenager’s video diary.
Mon 02 June 2008
In Malc's memory
02/06/2008 … A new award will be handed out to the most original comedian at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, in honour of the late Malcolm Hardee.
The £7,349 Fringe show
Stanhopes protest at Comedy Festival branding
02/06/2008 … Controversial US stand-up Doug Stanhope is playing a one-off show at the Edinburgh Fringe – to an audience of just one person who will have paid £7,349 (£7,348…