Sacha Bohen to play Freddie Mercury
17/09/2010 … Sacha Baron Cohen has signed up to play Freddie Mercury in a new biopic of the Queen star.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 17 September 2010
Thu 16 September 2010
Getting funny with your money
Should taxes pay for comedy courses?
16/09/2010 … A council has been criticised for spending tax-payers’ money on teaching people how to be stand-ups.
Russell Kane's freak show
Comic to front new BBC Three series
16/09/2010 … Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Russell Kane is to front a new series about obsessive behaviour for BBC Three.
© BBC Has Catherine Tate found Jesus?
New Nativity film to shoot soon
16/09/2010 … Catherine Tate has reportedly signed up to star in a new film offering a quirky new take on the Nativity story.
Anything you can do, I can do longer
16/09/2010 … Another comic is to attempt the longest solo stand-up show – less than a month after the record was last broken.
Wed 15 September 2010
Manford slams BBC censors
...and walks into a row over impartiality
15/09/2010 … Jason Manford has attacked the BBC for editing out comments about the government treatment of soldiers that he made at the Help For Heroes concert.
Tue 14 September 2010
McIntyre: What made me a successful comic
...and the jealousy that sparks
14/09/2010 … Michael McIntyre says he’s not sure if he’d have made it as a comedian if his father had still been alive.
They do try, bless 'em
14/09/2010 … It may not come as a huge surprise, but Jim Davidson has admitted that he’s no fan of female comedians.