© BBC Not Ideal
Johnny Vegas blasts BBC decision to axe show
21/11/2011 … Johnny Vegas has taken a swipe at BBC Three for axing his sitcom Ideal when its audience was at its peak.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 21 November 2011
© BBC Sun 20 November 2011
Peter Kay holds on to No1
Still bestsetlling stand-up DVD
20/11/2011 … Peter Kay remains the bestselling stand-up DVD for the second week running.
Henning Wehn lands Radio 2 show
20/11/2011 … German comedian Henning Wehn has landed his own Radio 2 stand-up series.
Sat 19 November 2011
Show Me The Funny could return
ITV 'in talks', says Jason Manford
19/11/2011 … ITV is considering a second series of Show Me The Funny, host Jason Manford has revealed.
Fri 18 November 2011
'Lost' Hancock script to be performed
Highlight of new comedy film fest
18/11/2011 … A lost comic gem, originally written for Tony Hancock, is to have its first public performance at the first London Comedy Film Festival next year.
You know, for kids...
Details of Vic Reeves' children's show revealed
18/11/2011 … More details have been released about Vic Reeves’s new sketch show for CBBC.
© BBC A million viewers desert Life Too Short
Ratings slump for Gervais sitcom
18/11/2011 … Life’s Too Short has lost a million viewers – or more than 40 per cent of its audience - between the first two episodes.
Buggering a bald cartoon transvestite
18/11/2011 … ‘I’ve never been led by money.