Brand's calls cost BBC £150,000
Regulators impose heavy penalty
03/04/2009 … The BBC has been fined £150,000 over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross’s phone calls to Andrew Sachs last October.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 03 April 2009
Shooting more stars
03/04/2009 … Shooting Stars is to return for a new BBC Two series after the success of a one-off special last Christmas.
Stop the treadmill!
Coogan happy to quit live comedy
03/04/2009 … Steve Coogan says he wants to quit live comedy and go into straight acting.
© C4 'Angelina Jolie's banned from my bedroom'
03/04/2009 … ‘Josef Fritzl is getting better Press than us…’ Mat Horne on the reaction to his sketch show.
Thu 02 April 2009
Horne collapses on stage
Mathew pays the price for a punishing schedule
02/04/2009 … Mathew Horne has collapsed on stage during a West End show.
© HBO Gervais to play the Fringe again
02/04/2009 … Ricky Gervais is to perform during the Edinburgh Fringe again this year.
New sitcom for Nigel Havers
BBC Three orders two more comedies
02/04/2009 … BBC Three has commissioned two new comedy series: Gemma Factor – about a fame-hungry youngster – and Admin – an office-based sitcom starring Nigel Havers.
BBC to relaunch comedy website
...with commissions for new talent
02/04/2009 … The BBC has announced a relaunch of its comedy website with a promise to commission web-only programming.