Karl Edrick's funeral announced
Stand-up who died in Goa last month
08/04/2010 … The funeral of stand-up Karl Edrik, who died in Goa last month at the age of 39, has been announced.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 08 April 2010
BBC1 mulls Lenny Henry sitcom
Rudy's Rare Records could go to TV
08/04/2010 … Lenny Henry’s Radio 4 sitcom Rudy’s Rare Records could be heading to BBC One.
Sound choice
Comics nominated for radio's Sony Awards
08/04/2010 … Mark Steel’s In Town the News Quiz and Adam And Joe have all been nominated for radio’s top comedy award.
Wed 07 April 2010
When comedy hurts...
Years of stand-up leave Foster in agony
07/04/2010 … Stand-up Toby Foster says years of holding a microphone night after night have given him a serious work-related injury.
Use the farce...
Coming soon: Star Wars, the sitcom
07/04/2010 … A new sitcom based on the characters of Star Wars is in the works.
Comedy snobs
Middle classes express 'superiority' through stand-up
07/04/2010 … The middle classes use comedy to exert a cultural ‘snobbery’, a new study claims.
Tue 06 April 2010
French and Henry split
06/04/2010 … Dawn French and Lenny Henry have separated after 25 years of marriage.
© BBC McIntyre, by royal appointment...
Youngest ever Variety Performance host
06/04/2010 … Michael McIntyre will host this year’s Royal Variety Performance, becoming the youngest ever compere it its 84-year history.