Coogan wins a phone hacking victory
26/01/2011 … Steve Coogan has won his first legal victory in his action against the News Of The World's alleged phone-hacking.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 26 January 2011
Fielding heads Let's Dance comics
26/01/2011 … Noel Fielding has signed up for this year’s Let's Dance For Comic Relief.
Tue 25 January 2011
Al's going to party like it's 1997
Murray to front C4's Funniest Year
25/01/2011 … Al Murray is to make an episode of My Funniest Year for Channel 4.
C4 renews Stand Up For The Week
25/01/2011 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Stand Up For The Week.
© BBC BBC: We've not axed Harry & Paul
25/01/2011 … The BBC has denied that Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse’s sketch show has been axed.
Smack The Pony trio reunite
First appearance together in nine years
25/01/2011 … The stars of Smack The Pony are to be reunited on stage for the first time in nearly ten yearsSally Phillips, Doon Mackichan and Fiona Allen will be performing…
It's all one big joke...
Another marathon record broken
25/01/2011 … Another comedy endurance record has been set – with one American club mammoth 81 hours of non-stop stand-up,Magooby’s Joke House in Baltimore staged the marathon…
Mon 24 January 2011
Making a Stand in Newcastle
Scottish comedy club heads south
24/01/2011 … Scottish comedy club The Stand is expanding, with a new custom-built venue in Newcastle – its biggest room yet.