Doug Stanhope to tour UK
01/11/2011 … Doug Stanhope has announced his longest ever UK tour – with 33 dates next spring.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 01 November 2011
Ricky uncovered
Gervais denied Radio Times front page throughout UK
01/11/2011 … Radio Times bosses have denied that Ricky Gervais is only on the cover of this week’s magazine in certain parts of the country for fear of causing offence.
BBC3 boss 'doesn't know what comedies he wants'
01/11/2011 … BBC Three controller Zai Bennett has no idea what comedy shows he wants to bring to his channel, according to a corporation insider.
Mon 31 October 2011
Eddie Izzard 'to run through Africa'
31/10/2011 … Eddie Izzard is reportedly planning to run barefoot through Africa.
Cordened off
Mat Horne conspicuously absent from former pal's tributes
31/10/2011 … Mathew Horne has declined to be interviewed for a TV profile of his former comedy partner and best friend James Corden.
Fri 28 October 2011
Johnny Depp, a midget and a toilet...
28/10/2011 … ‘I don't think of myself as funny.
Tom Allen looks at shocking bodies
28/10/2011 … Tom Allen is to front an E4 clip show about shocking bodies.
John Bishop's first arena tour
Six months after saying he was resting
28/10/2011 … John Bishop has announced his first arena tour – less than six months after vowing to quit touring for ‘several years’.