Diary farming
Comics revisit teenage journals
06/02/2009 … Comedians are to read embarrassing extracts from their teenage diaries for a new Radio 4 series.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 06 February 2009
230 shows start here
Leicester festival gets under way
06/02/2009 … The Leicester Comedy Festival kicks off tonight, featuring 230 events across 60 venues.
'I was so glad when he died'
06/02/2009 … ‘Graham Norton is too camp, bitchy and showbizzy for my taste, and with the world’s most irritating voice.
Thu 05 February 2009
5,500 vote in Chortle awards
05/02/2009 … More than 5,500 comedy fans have now voted in the Chortle awards for the best live comics of the past 12 months.
Wed 04 February 2009
Get some Northern exposure
BBC seeks new comedy writers from North England
04/02/2009 … The BBC has launched a hunt for new comedy writers from the North of England.
Plaque to honour Peter Cook
04/02/2009 … Peter Cook is to be honoured with a plaque outside his famous Establishment club.
The Cable Guy's coming
04/02/2009 … Hugely successful ‘blue collar’ comic Larry the Cable Guy is to appear in the UK for the first time this summer.
Fringe board condemned
'Fundamental flaws' led to box-office collapse
04/02/2009 … A damning report into the box office fiasco that brought last year's Edinburgh Fringe to the brink of collapse has found ‘fundamental flaws’ in the way it was…