ITV's new comedies fail to shine
Low audiences for Murray and Wallpaper
02/03/2009 … ITV’s new Friday-night comedy line-up has failed to attract the viewers.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 02 March 2009
Brian ban lifted
Aberystwyth gets its Pyhton premiere – 30 years late
02/03/2009 … Aberystwyth has lifted its ban on Monty Python’s Life Of Brian – 30 years after its release.
Brand on the radio again
...and he wants Ross as his first guest
02/03/2009 … Russell Brand is to present his first radio show since the Andrew Sachs debacle – and has joked that he wants Jonathan Ross to join him.
Sun 01 March 2009
We've seen that joke before...
Film used same gag as BBC show
01/03/2009 … An Australian film-maker has landed in hot water after using the same joke as a BBC sketch show.
Brand in clear over BNP gag
01/03/2009 … Jo Brand will not be prosecuted over her gag about the British National Party, the Crown Prosecution Service has decided.
Fri 27 February 2009
The voice of chlamydia
27/02/2009 … Highlight of the Chortle Awards? Surely the erudite Nicholas Parsons saying ‘fuck’.
Warning over Jongleurs' future
Clubs hit by Christmas cancellations
27/02/2009 … The owner of the Jongleurs chain of comedy clubs has warned that it may not be able to continue as a going concern if the recession bites harder.
Eddie Murphy to play Pryor?
27/02/2009 … Eddie Murphy has been lined up to play Richard Pryor in a new biopic about the influential comic.