I'll be alright on the night
Norden laughs off health rumours
21/08/2009 … Denis Norden has denied newspaper reports that he is ‘seriously ill’ after being rushed to hospital.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 21 August 2009
UnBranded opera
Jo drops out of Gilbert & Sullivan tour
21/08/2009 … Jo Brand has dropped out of the forthcoming tour of The Pirates of Penzance to concentrate on her TV work.
Alan's sitcom is really cooking
21/08/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a full series of Alan Davies comedy Whites, about a lazy celebrity chef.
Russell Brand sex tape
21/08/2009 … Alan Carr has been voted the celeb people would most like to see turned into a gnome.
Krod is dead
21/08/2009 … The Matt Lucas comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire has been axed after one series.
The best of the fest
Kitson, Watson and Morecambe scoop awards
21/08/2009 … Daniel Kitson, Mark Watson and a play about Eric Morcambe have all won Fringe First awards for new theatre in Edinburgh.
The Kids are back in the Hall
Filming starts on reunion series
21/08/2009 … Filming has begun on the first new TV series from cult Canadian comedy troupe the Kids in the Hall in 15 years.
Thu 20 August 2009
Jo's Getting On well
Geriatric ward sitcom recommissioned
20/08/2009 … Jo Brand’s BBC Four comedy Getting On has been recommissioned for a second series.