A Mockery of a scoring system
13/02/2009 … Stephen K Amos on the latest Prince Harry racism row, which he accidentally sparked: ‘I’d like to appeal for calm as the furore is ruining my chances of an OBE.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 13 February 2009
Thu 12 February 2009
Radio 4 presenters attempt stand-up
12/02/2009 … Four BBC presenters - including Dragon's Den host Evan Davis – are to try stand-up for the first time in aid of Comic Relief.
They love Lucy
New BBC sketch show for Montgomery
12/02/2009 … Tittybangbang star Lucy Montgomery has landed a new BBC TV sketch show.
McIntyre announces first arena tour
Big venues follow BBC One show
12/02/2009 … Michael McIntyre is to play his first arena tour, with 12 dates at major venues this autumn.
Wed 11 February 2009
Djalili lands Oliver! role
11/02/2009 … Omid Djalili is to replace Rowan Atkinson in the role of Fagin in Cameron the West End revival of Oliver!The comic has signed up for a six-month stint in the role…
Al new characters!
Murray unveils his new ITV creations
11/02/2009 … Al Murray has revealed his first new comedy characters since he invented the Pub Landlord 15 years ago.
More Beautiful People at BBC2
11/02/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of the musical comedy-drama Beautiful People.
Amos plunges Harry into new race row
'You don't sound like a black chap...'
11/02/2009 … Stand-up Stephen K Amos has plunged Prince Harry into a new race controversy, after revealing that the young royal told him: ‘You don’t sound like a black chap.