'Spunky and spiky’
Fry raves about comics' protest song
03/02/2010 … Stephen Fry has raved about a protest song by comedians Liam Mullone and Hils Barker that dubs Lord Mandelson a ‘jumped-up little psycho’ .
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 03 February 2010
Book deal for Stewart Lee
03/02/2010 … Stewart Lee has signed a book deal to write about his experiences as a stand-up.
Sitcom for ex-soap stars
03/02/2010 … Former Coronation Street star Bruce Jones is hoping to star in a new TV comedy based on spoof X Factor contestants.
Look who's dancing!
BBC unveils Let's Dance comedians
03/02/2010 … Katy Brand, Jenny Éclair and Shappi Khorsandi are to take to the dancefloor in the latest BBC dancing show.
Getting On with a new series
Jo Brand's NHS sitcom recommissioned
03/02/2010 … Jo Brand’s dark medical comedy Getting On is to return to BBC Four.
Tue 02 February 2010
Oscar nod for In The Loop
Best adapted screenplay nomination
02/02/2010 … The writers of In The Loop – the movie spin-off from political satire The Thick Of It – have been nominated for an Oscar.
Comics? Lock 'em up
New panel show isolates comedians from the world
02/02/2010 … Frank Skinner, Ed Byrne and Marcus Brigstocke have all agreed to be locked away for days as part of a new BBC Two panel game.
Mitchell And Webb Look again
Fourth series shoots this week
02/02/2010 … Filming starts tomorrow on the fourth series of That Mitchell and Webb Look, after it was recommissioned by BBC Two.