To die for?
05/01/2011 … The sketch show produced from comedy website Funny Or Die is to be aired in the UK for the first time.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 05 January 2011
'It wasn't an attack...'
Frankie Boyle writer defends Harvey gag
05/01/2011 … Frankie Boyle’s co-writer has defended the controversial joke about Katie Price’s disabled son, claiming ‘it wasn’t an attack’.
Tue 04 January 2011
British Comedy Awards open to fans
Tickets to TV event now on sale
04/01/2011 … The British Comedy Awards are opening theirs doors to the public for the first time in their 21-year history.
James Corden's new comedy
Star writes The Wrong Mans for BBC
04/01/2011 … James Corden has filmed a new TV comedy-thriller for the BBC, called The Wrong Mans.
Mon 03 January 2011
Plot of Inbetweeners movie leaked
And, surprise, it's humiliation all round
03/01/2011 … The script of the Inbetweeners movie – in which the four main characters go on a debauched lads’ holiday – has been leaked to the press.
Sun 02 January 2011
Morecambe and Wise bring ratings sunshine
02/01/2011 … Morecambe and Wise have proved they can still be ratings winners – more than 25 years after Eric’s death.
Cheap comedy venture fails
End of the line for Five Pound Fringe
02/01/2011 … The Five Pound Fringe – aimed at lowering the ticket prices at the Edinburgh Festival – has been dropped after just two years.