Are comics neurotic?
New psychological research aims to find out...
25/02/2010 … A psychologist is to research whether comedians are more neurotic than everybody else.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 25 February 2010
Wed 24 February 2010
Comic is the new face of Ikea
Ad saved Sanderson Jones from the dole
24/02/2010 … Comedian Sanderson Jones is to be the face of furniture giant Ikea.
© CBS Tearing up the rule book
Ferguson & Fry's unusual chat show...
24/02/2010 … Scottish-born comic Craig Ferguson threw out the chat show rulebook last night, but hosting a programme with just one guest – Stephen Fry – and no studio audience.
Big Top comes down
24/02/2010 … Amanda Holden’s sitcom Big Top has been axed by BBC One, after failing to wow critics or win huge audiences.
Another ITV show for Paddy
With Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican
24/02/2010 … Paddy McGuinness is being lined up for a new ITV1 series – opposite stand-up stars Rhod Gilbert and Sarah Millican.
A close call
6,000 have their say in Chortle Awards – but there are just 10 votes in it
24/02/2010 … Almost 6,000 people have cast their votes in this year’s Chortle Awards.
An expert in his Field
David Suchet to examine music hall legend Sid
24/02/2010 … BBC Four has commissioned a documentary about music hall comedian Sid Field, a pioneer of sketch and camp comedy.
Filming stops on Two And A Half Men
...as Charlie Sheen enters rehab
24/02/2010 … Production has been halted on Two And A Half Me, America’s most popular sitcom, after star Charlie Sheen went into rehan.