A Frank debate
Skinner pilots new discussion show
20/11/2009 … Frank Skinner is working on a new TV talk show, four years after his ITV series came to an end.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 20 November 2009
Katy Brand announces first tour
Big Ass Show hits theatres in 2010
20/11/2009 … Katy Brand is to embark on her first theatre tour.
BBC axes Manford's quiz
As Seen On TV dropped after one series
20/11/2009 … Jason Manford’s BBC One quiz show As Seen On TV has been axed after just one series.
Ross Noble: I stole Seinfeld's biscuits
20/11/2009 … Ardal O’Hanlon’s grandfather Michael was a member of Michael Collins’s assassination squad which killed 20 British spies in 1920 during the Irish War of Independence.
© Rogue Pictures Times steals Edgar Wright's tribute
Row over Edward Woodward story
20/11/2009 … Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright has complained after The Times copied his blogged tribute to Edward Woodward – and published it as if it had been a commissioned…
Peter Kay's big tour? Just four dates
20/11/2009 … Peter Kay has today confirmed the dates for his first stand-up shows in seven years – just four nights in Manchester.
Thu 19 November 2009
Victory for Pete v Life
19/11/2009 … Channel 4 has dropped its sitcom pilot Pete v Life from its Comedy Showcase line up – and ordered a full series instead.
Re- Psychoed
BBC orders another Psychoville series
19/11/2009 … BBC Two has ordered a second series of Psychoville – plus a one-off special.