A second helping of Lunch Monkeys
27/01/2010 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of its office-based sitcom Lunch Monkeys, despite a disappointing first season.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 27 January 2010
Why shoudn't comics swear?
'It's unfair,' Connolly complains
27/01/2010 … Billy Connolly has complained about the increasingly censorious attitude to comedy, complaining that stand-ups who swear on stage are unfairly branded ‘vulgarian…
Comedy Store: The movie?
Tom Hanks works on story of LA club
27/01/2010 … Tom Hanks’s production company is said to be developing a movie based around the early days of the Los Angeles Comedy Store.
JLC: Funnier than the best stand-ups
Say readers of Loaded magazine
27/01/2010 … Justin Lee Collins has been named Britain's funniest man by Loaded readers, ahead of stand-ups Dara O'Briain, Harry Hill, Russell Howard and Michael McIntyre.
Wanted: Peter Kay conman
Crook set for Crimewatch appearance
27/01/2010 … A conman who posed as Peter Kay’s brother to steal money intended for a five-year-old cancer sufferer is set to appear on Crimewatch tonight.
Silent but deadly
Merton's fury at festival snub
27/01/2010 … Paul Merton has launched a no-holds-barred attack on the organisers of a silent film festival after being unceremoniously dumped from the bill.
Tue 26 January 2010
McIntyre signs £500,000 deal
'Golden handcuffs' keep him at the BBC
26/01/2010 … Michael McIntyre has reportedly been given a £500,000-a-year ‘golden handcuffs’ deal to stay with the BBC.
Calling all student comics...
Chortle's hunt for the best of 2010 is on
26/01/2010 … Chortle today launches its annual hunt for the best student comedian in Britain.