'A punch in the face is quicker than court'
24/06/2011 … News from the set of the Inbetweeners movie: Simon Bird had to vomit over a crowd of extras.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 24 June 2011
Wed 22 June 2011
Eddie Izzard gets a small role
...as a dwarf in Snow White movie
22/06/2011 … Eddie Izzard is set to play a dwarf in a new take on the Snow White legend.
You stole my soul!
Jim Tavare makes plagiarism claim
22/06/2011 … Jim Tavare has accused another comedian of stealing his entire stage persona.
Tue 21 June 2011
Want to make a sitcom? Do it yourself
Producers raise cash to launch online
21/06/2011 … Producers of a new sitcom have raised £175,000 to launch their show online after becoming so frustrated with the TV commissioning process they decided to go it…
BBC apologises over 'fascist' comments
Complaints over Baddiel and Davies
21/06/2011 … The BBC has been forced to apologise to the right-wing Freedom Association after David Baddiel and Alan Davies accused it of being a fascist group.
New drama over Life Of Brian
BBC revisits Monty Python controversy
21/06/2011 … A new BBC drama is to examine the controversy surrounding the release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian in 1979.
Mon 20 June 2011
Wood, Fry and Horgan join the little people
20/06/2011 … Victoria Wood, Stephen Fry and Sharon Horgan are to all appear in a new BBC version of the Borrowers.
Barry Humphries joins The Hobbit
20/06/2011 … Barry Humphries has been signed up to appear in The Hobbit movies.