Stewart Lee to guest edit R4's Today
Comic sets agenda on New Year's Eve
26/11/2011 … Stewart Lee is to be the guest editor of Radio 4's flagship current affairs show Today on New Year's Eve.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 26 November 2011
E4 drops Dirty Digest
Comedy talk show axed mid-series
26/11/2011 … E4 has unexpectedly axed its comedy showbiz gossip show Dirty Digest after just three episodes.
Fri 25 November 2011
Phill Jupitus joins Chumbawumba show
Musical role for Buzzcocks star
25/11/2011 … Phill Jupitus is to appear in a new musical alongside anarchist musical group Chumbawamba.
Rory Bremner pilots C4 quiz show
25/11/2011 … Rory Bremner is turning quiz show host in a new pilot for Channel 4.
© BBC Life's Too Short sheds more viewers
...but Russell Howard flourishes
25/11/2011 … Life's Too Short has taken another dip in the ratings.
Has your ass played the Royal Albert Hall?
25/11/2011 … ‘[QI] is repeated so much that my hourly rate of pay is lower than that of a small child making footballs in Indonesia.
It's Lee £vans
25/11/2011 … Lee Evans will earn £8million this year, according to reports.
Gervais pilots old folks' comedy
...with Karl Pilkington acting
25/11/2011 … Ricky Gervais has been filming a pilot of a new series set in an old folks’ home.