Gervais: I'm not going to be in the US Office
11/08/2010 … Ricky Gervais has strenuously denied rumours that he will replace Steve Carell when he leaves the American version of The Office at the end of this series.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 11 August 2010
Frank Skinner quits Fringe
Last-minute panic for talk show producers
11/08/2010 … Frank Skinner has pulled out of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe at the last minute.
'Ricky Gervais stole my idea'
Author claims Flanimals plagiarism
11/08/2010 … An author is threatening to sue Ricky Gervais for plagiarism over his best-selling children's book Flanimals.
Bird may fly the Inbetweeners nest
11/08/2010 … Simon Bird may not appear in the Inbetweeners movie because of a row over money, it has been reported.
Frankie Boyle: No one gets offended by me
Comic dismisses tabloid storms
11/08/2010 … Frankie Boyle has refused to accept that anyone is offended by his comedy.
Tue 10 August 2010
Garofalo and Lock join Ideal
10/08/2010 … Janeane Garofalo and Sean Lock are to appear in the next series of Johnny Vegas’s drug-dealer sitcom Ideal.
Velcro scene not a rip-off
10/08/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly seen off another legal challenge to his Bruno movie.
Comedy Festival unity slips
10/08/2010 … The boss of one of the ‘big four’ venues in the controversial Edinburgh Comedy Festival consortium has broken ranks, saying she doesn’t agree with the idea.