Brooker takes on TV news
29/01/2009 … Charlie Brooker is to launch a spin-off from his BBC Four show Screenwipe, concentrating on TV news.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 29 January 2009
Fonejacker jacks in the phone
New pranks will be face-to-face
29/01/2009 … Fonejacker Kayvan Novak is working on a new comedy prank show… but without the phone.
Burying the hatchet...
Letterman to air axed Hicks routine
29/01/2009 … The Bill Hicks routine controversially dropped from the David Letterman show will finally be aired on the programme – 15 years after the comic's death.
Wed 28 January 2009
Legendary venue to reopen
Stand-up night for Woolwich Tramshed
28/01/2009 … The legendary Woolwich Tramshed, one of the original homes of alternative comedy, is to echo to the sound of laughter again.
From YouTube to the Apollo
First UK gig for ventriloquist Dunham
28/01/2009 … YouTube phenomenon Jeff Dunham is coming to the UK for a one-off comedy show at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Tue 27 January 2009
Jo Brand judges public speaking show
...with Alistair Campbell and Earl Spencer
27/01/2009 … Jo Brand is to judge a new primetime BBC Two contest to find Britain’s best young public speaker.
Community coppers are a laughing stock
27/01/2009 … So-called ‘plastic policemen’ are set to become the object of futher ridicule with a new sitcom about a hapless Police Community Support Officer.
© C4 Ted festivities go on, go on, go on, go on
27/01/2009 … The annual festival in honour of Father Ted has proved so popular that organisers have added a second weekend of celebrations.