Funny Or Die dies
Comedy website axed after 18 months
18/05/2010 … Funny Or Die is to close its British website, another high-profile casualty in the market for online comedy clips.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 May 2010
Mon 17 May 2010
Iannucci teams up with Will Smith
17/05/2010 … Armando Iannucci has teamed up with ‘posh boy’ stand-up Will Smith for a new film.
This show is smokin'....
Fire alarm forces club on to the streets
17/05/2010 … Comedians continued their stand-up show in the streets of Brighton last night, after their venue was evacuated because of a fire alarm.
A rambling comedy...
Another project for Ruth Jones
17/05/2010 … Not only has she just landed the role of Hattie Jacques in a new BBC drama, but Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones will also star in a new comedy show about a group…
© BBC Ruth Jones to play Hattie Jacques
BBC drama for Gavin & Stacey star
17/05/2010 … Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones is to play Hattie Jacques in a new drama about the Carry On star’s love life.
Comedy imitating life?
Lenny films new sketches... about an absent wife
17/05/2010 … Newly separated Lenny Henry has filmed a series of BBC comedy sketches called Conversations With My Wife.
Sun 16 May 2010
Toe bad, Katy
Brand cancels shows after breaking bone
16/05/2010 … Katy Brand has cancelled at least three dates on her current tour – after breaking her toe on a doorstop.
Omid back on US TV
Role in newly commissioned sitcom
16/05/2010 … Omid Djalili is set to appear on prime-time American TV again.