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.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 November 2010
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.
Kenny Christmas!
22/11/2010 … Kenny Everett is to broadcast a new Radio 2 show from beyond the grave.
You're all write...
Honours for Jo Brand and Mark Steel
22/11/2010 … Jo Brand and Mark Steel have been honoured in this year’s Writers’ Guild of Great Britain awards.
Sun 21 November 2010
John Bishop tops DVD chart
The week's bestselling stand-up titles
21/11/2010 … John Bishop has topped the stand-up DVD chart on the first big pre-Christmas sales week.
Sat 20 November 2010
Comic Mackenzie Taylor takes his life
20/11/2010 … Comedian Mackenzie Taylor has died at the age of 32 after taking a fatal overdose of drugs.