New panel show for Alexander Armstrong
05/04/2011 … Alexander Armstrong is to pilot a new comedy panel show – in which the comics have to think up the questions as well as answer them.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 05 April 2011
Billy Connolly gets pixellated
Big Yin's debut in violent video game
05/04/2011 … Billy Connolly is set to make his debut in a video game, playing a gun-toting hitman.
McKenzie gets into The Hobbit
05/04/2011 … Flight of the Conchords star Bret McKenzie has joined the cast of The Hobbit, playing an elf.
Mon 04 April 2011
More shows, vicar?
04/04/2011 … BBC Two has recommissioned Rev for a second series, with Peep Show’s Sam Bain joining as script editor.
C4 rapped for Boyle's Katie Price joke
...but not a mental illness sketch
04/04/2011 … Channel 4 broke the broadcasting rules for airing Frankie Boyle’s joke about Katie Price’s son Harvey, the official watchdog has ruled.
Omid Djalili announces tour
04/04/2011 … Omid Djalili has announced his first live tour in three years.
Fri 01 April 2011
Eddie Izzard turns political hardman
01/04/2011 … Eddie Izzard is working on a new political drama series for American TV.
And the People's Choice winner is...
Last student semi-finalist named
01/04/2011 … Alex Kealy, a 21-year-old Oxford undergraduate, has won the final place in the Chortle Student Comedy Award semi-finals.