Comics' beef with pasty-makers
Ginsters steal gags for their ads
12/05/2009 … Pasty-makers Ginsters could find themselves in trouble after using a string of comedians’ gags without permission.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 12 May 2009
A Strong contender...
Count Arthur wins radio's Sony Award
12/05/2009 … Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show has won the top award for radio comedy.
Mon 11 May 2009
Alistair McGowan announces tour
11/05/2009 … Alistair McGowan is to embark on his first solo stand-up tour in ten years.
Gervais announces Science tour
11/05/2009 … Ricky Gervais has revealed the autumn dates for his new stand-up tour, Science.
Sun 10 May 2009
Dodd's Nott welcome
10/05/2009 … Ken Dodd has been banned from a Nottingham theatre – after bosses slated his show as being poor quality.
Has America got the pop factor?
Kay asked to make US version of reality spoof
10/05/2009 … Peter Kay says he’s been asked to make an American version of his talent show spoof for Britain's Got the Pop Factor – but he isn’t bothered about making it…
Sat 09 May 2009
Titter over Twitter
Networking site's first comedy night...
09/05/2009 … A group of stand-ups are to perform at the first ‘virtual’ comedy club on Twitter.
YouTube airs Tommy Cooper's death
09/05/2009 … The harrowing moment Tommy Cooper died on stage has been posted on YouTube.