Pajama drama
29/04/2010 … Acclaimed American double act The Pajama Men are developing a British TV show based on their award-winning live work.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 29 April 2010
It's the final finalist...
Matt Richardson wins Student Award vote
29/04/2010 … Matt Richardson, a 18-year-old publishing student from Didcot in Oxfordshire has become the last finalist in the Chortle Student Comedy Award, after winning the…
Carell 'to quit' The Office
29/04/2010 … Steve Carell says he’s ready to quit the American version of The Office next year.
Wed 28 April 2010
Gervias goes Global again
28/04/2010 … Ricky Gervais is to host Hollywood’s Golden Globe Awards for a second year.
Djalili 'warned' over religious jokes
28/04/2010 … Omid Djalili has been warned that his new film The Infidel could ‘get him in trouble’ in Iran.
BBC apologises for Frankie
Palestine joke a 'serious breach' of standards
28/04/2010 … The BBC has apologised for a Frankie Boyle joke in which he compared Palestine with a cake being ‘punched to pieces by a very angry Jew’.
Ade: I'm done with comedy
'My heart's not been in it for a decade'
28/04/2010 … Adrian Edmondson says his comedy career is over, admitting he has been merely going through the motions for the past decade.
Laugh yourself fit
Comedy is 'as good as exercise'
28/04/2010 … Watching comedy can be as beneficial as physical exercise, another study has shown.