Vive Izzard!
Eddie plans three-month Paris run – in French
19/11/2010 … Eddie Izzard is to move to France for three months in order to fully conquer stand-up in a foreign language.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 19 November 2010
Jason Manford quits One Show
19/11/2010 … Jason Manford has quit The One Show after a new string of Twitter flirtations were made public.
Thu 18 November 2010
'Lots of comics are mentally disturbed'
18/11/2010 … Jo Brand has claimed there are ‘quite a lot of mentally disturbed people in comedy’ – based on her former experiences as a psychiatric nurse.
It's David Bard-diel
Comic to direct Shakesperean movie
18/11/2010 … David Baddiel is working on a new movie, which will star Doctor Who assistant Karen Gillan as another sort of time traveller.
Wed 17 November 2010
George Osborne is a thief
17/11/2010 … Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been caught stealing… a joke.
A tale of Deering-do
Comic to appear on Celebrity Total Wipeout
17/11/2010 … Rob Deering is to take part in the next Celebrity Total Wipeout on BBC One.
Sam Kinison movie in the works
17/11/2010 … A film about the life of comedian Sam Kinison has been given the green light.
30 Rock keeps rolling
New series and later slot for sitcom
17/11/2010 … America’s NBC network has renewed 30 Rock for a sixth series, meaning the Tina Fey sitcom will be on air until early 2012 at least.