Izzard's pirate broadcast
Eddie to play Long John Silver
25/10/2010 … Eddie Izzard is to play Long John Silver in a new version of Treasure Island for Sky1.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 25 October 2010
Sun 24 October 2010
South Park stole my gags!
Creators apologise for plagiarism
24/10/2010 … South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have admitting ‘stealing’ lines from an online sketch.
Fri 22 October 2010
Goodbye, Sir Norman
22/10/2010 … Hundreds of people have said their farewells to Sir Norman Wisdom as his funeral cortege made its way through Douglas on the Isle of Man.
Bill Bailey, the hobbit hopeful
22/10/2010 … ‘If you talk long enough you might say something meaningful.
Thu 21 October 2010
Money for old jokes
PR stunt arbitrarily names 'world's funniest gag'
21/10/2010 … A polling company is getting thousands of pounds of free publicity by recycling jokes from the likes of Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Tommy Cooper.
Graham Crowden dies at 87
Star of Waiting For God waits no more
21/10/2010 … Actor Graham Crowden, star of the retirement-home sitcom Waiting for God, has died at the age of 87.
Show will return: Would I lie to you?
21/10/2010 … BBC One has commissioned a fifth series of comedy panel show Would I Lie To You.
Dave Spikey: Why I fell out with Peter Kay
21/10/2010 … Dave Spikey has spoken for the first time about his bust-up with Peter Kay after Phoenix Nights.