Revenge – by Twitter
Webb's savage response to critic
29/03/2009 … Robert Webb has used Twitter to launch a savage rebuttal to a Guardian critic who slammed him and his Peep Show co-star David Mitchell.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 29 March 2009
Vegas gets gout again
29/03/2009 … Johnny Vegas has reportedly suffered another bout of gout while filming the ITV sitcom Benidorm.
Fri 27 March 2009
Pythons reunite
Six-part series directed by Alan Parker
27/03/2009 … The surviving members of Monty Python are reuniting for another major documentary series, telling their story.
Vic Reeves, exhibitionist
Art and artefacts combined as comic turns curator
27/03/2009 … Vic Reeves has gone from comedy to curating an exhibition at the Tunbridge Wells Museum.
BBC ruined the US Thick Of It
27/03/2009 … Armando Iannucci says the BBC wrecked the US version of The Thick Of It by excluding him from the remake.
Ricky sells his pants
27/03/2009 … ‘Actor and comedian Johnny Vegas has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is set to undergo treatment’.
Thu 26 March 2009
© BBC Big plans for CBBC's animated comedy
26/03/2009 … The most ambitious animation project ever seen in Scotland is under way to create a new children’s comedy show.
BBC appoints new radio comedy head
Berthoud is first woman to hold the job
26/03/2009 … The BBC has appointed producer Jane Berthoud as its new head of radio comedy.