Tank Commander rolls into Australia
Scottish series sold down under
19/08/2010 … Scottish comedy series Gary: Tank Commander has been sold to Australian TV – before it has even been shown south of the border.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 19 August 2010
Comic bailed over headbutt attack
19/08/2010 … Comic David Whitney has been released on bail after allegedly headbutting a heckler at an Edinburgh Fringe show.
Wed 18 August 2010
C4 plans new nightly comedy show
18/08/2010 … Channel 4 is set to launch another daily topical comedy show in the vein of The 11 O’Clock Show and Tonightly.
Wang wins
18/08/2010 … Phil Wang, a 20-year-old Cambridge engineering undergraduate has been won Chortle’s Student Comedy Award.
Tue 17 August 2010
Brazil bans satire
17/08/2010 … Comedians are fighting a law that gags them from mocking politicians in Brazil.
More Bill Hicks material unearthed
New footage coming on CD and DVD
17/08/2010 … Rare early footage of Bill Hicks performing in the early Eighties is to be released later this year.
Nice One, Jason
Critics warm to Manford's debut
17/08/2010 … Jason Manford’s debut as a One Show host has been broadly praised by critics.
Chickens tonight?
Frank Chickens play Fringe after 25 years
17/08/2010 … Cult Japanese music group Frank Chickens are to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in 25 years – thanks to the subversive campaign to crown them…