'Unknown' lands her own C4 comedy series
Big break for Morgana Robinson
26/08/2010 … Channel 4 has given a primetime five-part sketch series to an unknown comic after being set a taster tape.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 26 August 2010
Wed 25 August 2010
Gently does it...
Dirk makes it to the small screen
25/08/2010 … Douglas Adams’s ‘holistic detective’ Dirk Gently is to make his first appearance on TV.
Mongrels to return
25/08/2010 … BBC Three has commissioned a second series of puppet comedy Mongrels.
Two women make the shortlist
Long and Millican up for Edinburgh Comedy Award
25/08/2010 … The shortlist has been unveiled for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards – with two women up for the main award for the first time.
Bird flies back
Simon rejoins Inbetweeners movie
25/08/2010 … Simon Bird has reportedly started shooting the movie version of The Inbetweeners after accepting producers’ original pay deal.
Tue 24 August 2010
Great Scott
John wins £12,000 comedy prize
24/08/2010 … Stand-up John Scott has won the most lucrative prize in comedy – scooping £12,000 in a competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Sarah Millican signs DVD deal
Rare release for a female comic
24/08/2010 … Sarah Millican has signed a deal to release her first ever stand-up DVD – even though the video label says female comics rarely sell as well as men.
Scoot off!
Stranded 3ft 6in comic launches transport campaign
24/08/2010 … Stand-up Tanyalee Davis has launched a one-woman campaign to overturn a ban on mobility scooters on trains and buses after repeatedly being left stranded late at…