Christians fail to get the joke
Fundamentalists lobby against Python musical
27/03/2010 … Fundamentalist Christians are boasting that they forced a national radio station to drop a campaign promoting Eric Idle's ‘blasphemous' Monty Python oratorio…
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 27 March 2010
Fri 26 March 2010
Comics with altitude
Record for highest stand-up show
26/03/2010 … A trio of comics including Ireland’s Des Bishop have broken the record for the world’s highest comedy performance.
Bette Midler went 'bonkers' at me...
26/03/2010 … A Chortle Award isn’t the only thing Tim Minchin won this week – he’s doing so well that even his likeness is scooping accolades.
Gervais to appear on Curb?
26/03/2010 … Ricky Gervais is set to make an appearance in the next series of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Fury over 'poached' venues
Promoters' fear Jongleurs is forcing them out
26/03/2010 … Furious comedy promoters fear Jongleurs has been trying to poach venues from them, in a move they say could seriously damage the stand-up circuit.
© BBC Thick scores awards hat-trick
More gongs for Iannucci's satire
26/03/2010 … The Thick Of It has added to its impressive tally of accolades by scooping three gongs at today’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
Thu 25 March 2010
Up for review?
Britain's first course in comedy criticism
25/03/2010 … Stand-up courses purporting to help make aspiring comedians into stars might often attract derision – and now comes the first course for would-be comedy critics.
Wed 24 March 2010
Revealed: Our student award finalists
And your vote could put one more through
24/03/2010 … The finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Award have been announced – all except for the last vacant spot, which is down to a public vote.