Brodkin lands BBC Three pilot
07/07/2009 … Character comedian Simon Brodkin has landed his own BBC Three pilot.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 07 July 2009
Mon 06 July 2009
A Python reunion
06/07/2009 … Monty Python stars Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam are to appear in a one-off London concert to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary.
Sun 05 July 2009
'This is insanity'
Ted writers protest blasphemy law
05/07/2009 … Father Ted creators Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan are backing a protest against planned new anti-blasphemy laws in Ireland.
Fri 03 July 2009
Closing the Comedybox?
Web channel's videos all go offline
03/07/2009 … Online comedy channel Comedybox appears to have ceased operating, after all its videos vanished from the web.
© BBC Del Boy: The early years
BBC greenlights Only Fools prequel
03/07/2009 … The BBC has finally given the green light to the long-awaited Only Fools And Horses prequel.
Live fast, die old
03/07/2009 … Matt Lucas: ‘I smoked pot in my late teens and early 20s and it turned me into a crashing bore.
Why the stand-up couldn't stand up
O’Loughlin 'OK' for dance show
03/07/2009 … Comedian Fiona O’Loughlin is expected to appear on the Australian version of Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday, despite collapsing on stage last night.
Thu 02 July 2009
Comics to gig in MPs' squat
02/07/2009 … Mark Thomas is to perform a gig in a squatted house owned by two scandal-hit Labour MPs.