PhoneShop extends its contract
25/11/2010 … E4 has ordered a second series of the sitcom PhoneShop.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 25 November 2010
Wed 24 November 2010
Only kidding
Stand-ups to be showcased on children's TV
24/11/2010 … Top circuit comedians are to be showcased in a new children’s TV series hosted by Dick and Dom.
Alan Partridge tops 1m
24/11/2010 … The online revival of Alan Partridge has attracted more than a million views.
Lee Mack pilots BBC One variety show
24/11/2010 … Lee Mack could be the next star of Saturday night prime-time, if a new pilot show takes off.
A superhero called Simon
24/11/2010 … Simon Pegg has been turned into a comic-book hero – for a mobile phone app.
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.