Glenn's the toast of Sydney
27/05/2010 … British-based Canadian stand-up Glenn Wool has been named ‘best of the fest’ at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 27 May 2010
BBC Two Counts on Arthur
'Variety legend' pilots his own quiz show
27/05/2010 … Batty showbiz raconteur Count Arthur Strong is working on a new BBC Two gameshow .
Manford is The One
Jason to replace Adrian Chiles
27/05/2010 … Jason Manford is to replace Adrian Chiles on The One Show, the BBC has announced.
Life of Brian script to be sold off
Charity auction for memorabilia
27/05/2010 … An original script from Monty Python’s Life of Brian is to be auctioned off.
Wed 26 May 2010
© C4 We love IT...
C4 orders 5th series of IT crowd
26/05/2010 … The IT Crowd has landed a fifth series before the fourth has even aired.
Nick nicked...
Jim Davidson fined for speeding
26/05/2010 … Jim Davidson has been fined £130 for speeding – despite claming he claimed wasn’t driving at the time.
Awards sponsor is in the can
Fosters backs the old Perrier awards
26/05/2010 … Foster’s is to sponsor the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for at least the next three years, it was announced today.
Tue 25 May 2010
Oswalt unmasks another gag thief
Even student speeches aren't exempt...
25/05/2010 … A university student has been forced to apologise to American comedian Patton Oswalt for stealing his material.