A superhero called Simon
24/11/2010 … Simon Pegg has been turned into a comic-book hero – for a mobile phone app.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 24 November 2010
Tue 23 November 2010
Fringe gets wider
Comics to have a greater say in Edinburgh festival
23/11/2010 … Performers will have a greater say in how the Edinburgh Fringe is run, after a shake-up in the festival’s governing body.
Start the Carr...
23/11/2010 … Alan Carr is to embark on his first live tour in four years.
'I pray Simon Amstell gets cancer'
23/11/2010 … Simon Amstell has been criticised by the newspapers after making a flippant comment about cancer on BBC Breakfast yesterday.
Bouncing back...
Jason Manford announces arena dates
23/11/2010 … Tabloid revelations about Jason Manford’s private life appear to have done no damage to his stand-up career – as he has just announced his first arena tour.
Mon 22 November 2010
Seinfeld star signs to Veep
22/11/2010 … Seinfeld’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus has officially signed up to star in the American version of The Thick Of It.
Victoria Wood returns to stand-up
22/11/2010 … Victoria Wood is to perform her first stand-up in almost a decade.
Kay earns his Freedom
Sitcom for Scottish comic David
22/11/2010 … Scottish stand-up David Kay is to star in his own sitcom, co-written by Absolutely star Moray Hunter.