Freddie Starr suffers heart attack
09/04/2010 … Freddie Starr is preparing for a triple heart bypass next week after suffering a major heart attack.
2010 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 09 April 2010
WTF's good feud guide
Gallagher vs Kay and Carolla vs the Phillipines
09/04/2010 … Liam Gallagher’s feud with Peter Kay – which began when the comedian called him a knobhead after his outburst at the Brit awards – has escalated.
Did Frankie go too far this time?
Backlash over Down's syndrome gags
09/04/2010 … Frankie Boyle has had an on-stage run-in with a mother of a child with Down’s syndrome, which he called the ‘most excruciating moment of my career’.
Thu 08 April 2010
Karl Edrick's funeral announced
Stand-up who died in Goa last month
08/04/2010 … The funeral of stand-up Karl Edrik, who died in Goa last month at the age of 39, has been announced.
BBC1 mulls Lenny Henry sitcom
Rudy's Rare Records could go to TV
08/04/2010 … Lenny Henry’s Radio 4 sitcom Rudy’s Rare Records could be heading to BBC One.
Sound choice
Comics nominated for radio's Sony Awards
08/04/2010 … Mark Steel’s In Town the News Quiz and Adam And Joe have all been nominated for radio’s top comedy award.
Wed 07 April 2010
When comedy hurts...
Years of stand-up leave Foster in agony
07/04/2010 … Stand-up Toby Foster says years of holding a microphone night after night have given him a serious work-related injury.
Use the farce...
Coming soon: Star Wars, the sitcom
07/04/2010 … A new sitcom based on the characters of Star Wars is in the works.