Stuart bags a comedy show...
03/08/2011 … Stuart Baggs, The Apprentice candidate humiliated by Sir Alan Sugar, is doing is own Edinburgh Fringe show.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 03 August 2011
Russell Brand set for faith-crisis comedy
03/08/2011 … Russell Brand is set to star in new comedy drama about a religious woman who has a crisis of faith.
Doug Stanhope goes to jail
03/08/2011 … American comic Doug Stanhope will play his next major gig in an Icelandic maximum security prison.
Tue 02 August 2011
Jonnie Marbles jailed
02/08/2011 … Sometime comedian Jonnie Marbles has been jailed for six weeks for his shaving-foam attack on Rupert Murdoch.
Who's at the end of their wick, Vic?
Anger over Reeves & Mortimer comeback
02/08/2011 … Fans of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer have been left outraged by a ticket fiasco surrounding the duo’s first live show in 15 years.
Show me the viewers
Low audience for ITV comedy/reality show
02/08/2011 … Show Me the Funny has shed half a million viewers, spelling poor ratings for ITV1.
Don't be cruel, urges Ronnie Corbett
02/08/2011 … Ronnie Corbett has revived the old argument that ‘modern comedy is too offensive’ in an interview lamenting the demise of family-friendly humour.
Mon 01 August 2011
Blaps of honour
C4 announces its first internet comedies
01/08/2011 … Channel 4 has announced its first Comedy Blaps commission of internet shorts.