Shane Richie returns to stand-up
24/02/2009 … Shane Richie has returned to his stand-up roots for a new show for Sky 1.
2009 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 24 February 2009
© Fox Sky gets Simpsons before the US
Special St Patrick's Day premiere
24/02/2009 … Sky 1 is to air an episode of The Simpsons before it is even screened in the US.
Mon 23 February 2009
Gorman saddles up for stand-up tour
23/02/2009 … Dave Gorman is to peform his first live tour in five years - cycling between venues.
Watchdogs rap British Comedy Awards
...but over sponsorship, not jokes
23/02/2009 … The British Comedy Awards have been rapped by broadcasting watchdogs – not for any swearing or edgy gags from comedians, but because of something their sponsor…
Jeffries lands HBO special
23/02/2009 … Jim Jeffries is to star in his own HBO special in the States, becoming possibly the first Australian comedian ever to land the honour.
Varney's diaries to be published online
23/02/2009 … The private diaries of On The Buses star Reg Varney are to be published online.
Sun 22 February 2009
First impressions
Jan Ravens on her first solo tour
22/02/2009 … Dead Ringers impressionist Jan Ravens is to embark on her first solo tour.
Walliams rejects the Bible
…as he reveals loneliness on Desert Island Discs
22/02/2009 … David Walliams has become one of the few interviewees to refuse the Bible on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.