Lucas pens Jewish sitcom
Little Britain star mines his past
11/03/2009 … Matt Lucas is working on a Jewish sitcom.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 11 March 2009
Tue 10 March 2009
Cat gets the cream
Kilkenny festival line-up revealed
10/03/2009 … Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs comedy festival has unveiled its 2009 line-up, featuring such acts as Dave Gorman, Lewis Black, Ross Noble, Adam Hills and Tommy Tiernan.
Robbie Williams joins Little Britain
10/03/2009 … Robbie Williams and Catherine Tate are to appear in Little Britain sketches for Comic Relief.
Radio first for Skinner
10/03/2009 … Frank Skinner is to present his first radio show, after signing a deal with Absolute Radio.
Mon 09 March 2009
Komedia stuggles with debt
Financial woes hit Brighton venue
09/03/2009 … Brighton comedy venue Komedia is battling to clear debts of more than £300,000.
© BBC Pulling in a new audience
US remake for Sharon Horgan's sitcom
09/03/2009 … Sharon Horgan’s comedy Pulling may have been axed by BBC Three – but it might have found a new home across the Atlantic.
Australian TV snaps up Russell Brand
Should we have a 'big down under' pun here?
09/03/2009 … Australian TV viewers are about to be introduced to Russell Brand, after the Seven network snapped up the rights to his Channel 4 series Ponderland.
© BBC Corden: Other comics resent us
09/03/2009 … James Corden says he receives the cold shoulder from other comedians who resent his overnight success.