Life of Brian script to be sold off
Charity auction for memorabilia
27/05/2010 … An original script from Monty Python’s Life of Brian is to be auctioned off.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 27 May 2010
Wed 26 May 2010
© C4 We love IT...
C4 orders 5th series of IT crowd
26/05/2010 … The IT Crowd has landed a fifth series before the fourth has even aired.
Nick nicked...
Jim Davidson fined for speeding
26/05/2010 … Jim Davidson has been fined £130 for speeding – despite claming he claimed wasn’t driving at the time.
Awards sponsor is in the can
Fosters backs the old Perrier awards
26/05/2010 … Foster’s is to sponsor the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for at least the next three years, it was announced today.
Tue 25 May 2010
Oswalt unmasks another gag thief
Even student speeches aren't exempt...
25/05/2010 … A university student has been forced to apologise to American comedian Patton Oswalt for stealing his material.
© NBC Tina Fey scoops top comedy award
...and is the youngest ever winner
25/05/2010 … Tina Fey is to become the youngest person to be given America's top comedy accolade, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
Frank Sidebottom's bobbins cancer
25/05/2010 … Frank Sidebottom first thought his cancer was a tapeworm, he has revealed.
Matt Lucas wins privacy damages
25/05/2010 … Matt Lucas has accepted undisclosed damages for invasion of privacy over articles published in the Daily Star after the suicide of his former civil partner.