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20/11/2010 … Charges have been dropped against Russell Brand following his clash with a paparazzo at Los Angeles airport.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 20 November 2010
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Kitson takes New York
US premiere for Gregory Church show
20/11/2010 … He would most likely bristle at the commercial idea of ‘cracking America’ – but Daniel Kitson has landed a month-long run in New York.
Fri 19 November 2010
© C4 'I wish Peep Show wasn't online first'
David Mitchell stands up for TV
19/11/2010 … David Mitchell has expressed his dismay that the next series of Peep Show has started online before it airs on TV.
Soho seeks stand-up star
19/11/2010 … London’s Soho Theatre has launched a talent hunt for new young stand-ups.
Cameraman drops Bruno lawsuit
19/11/2010 … The cameraman who was suing Sacha Baron Cohen over an alleged attack at a gay rights rally has dropped his case,Photographer Mike Skiff said the lawsuit had taken…
You randy porker
19/11/2010 … ‘Every time I see Westlife I feel sad thinking of all the cars they could have fixed.
R4 bags a Showstopper
Improvised musical comes to radio
19/11/2010 … Radio 4 is to make a series based on the hit improvised musical show Showstopper! Six episodes of the show have been commissioned, in which performers create a…
Hugh's line is it anyway?
Dennis to host new improv show
19/11/2010 … Hugh Dennis is to host a new improvised comedy show in the vein of Whose Line is it Anyway?Fast & Loose was devised by the same creators – Dan Patterson and Mark…