© Robbie Jack Stephen Merchant and the breasts of granite
14/10/2011 … Stephen Merchant was once caught by police fondling a naked statue's breasts.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 14 October 2011
© Robbie Jack Thu 13 October 2011
The £2,000 fart
Romanian broadcaster fined over fake Mr Methane clip
13/10/2011 … The Romanian TV station which broadcast doctored footage of British variety act Mr Methane farting along to the national anthem has been fined just over £2,000…
Tom Allen has ex- appeal
Comic shoots pilot show for E4
13/10/2011 … Stand-up Tom Allen is working on a new E4 reality show which tries to bring couples back together through a ‘series of ever more audacious stunts’.
Spirited away
Brand drops out of Rentaghost remake
13/10/2011 … Russell Brand has reportedly dropped out of the big-screen remake of Seventies children’s comedy Rentaghost.
© BBC Red Dwarf return to be filmed next month
13/10/2011 … Filming on the comeback series of Red Dwarf will start at the end of November, star Danny John-Jules has revealed.
BBC Two show for Sarah Millican
13/10/2011 … BBC Two has signed up Sarah Millican for her own six-part comedy series.
Family Guy's over the hill
13/10/2011 … Family Guy is past its prime and should have ended years ago – and that’s according to the show’s boss.
More comics join Sky's Little Crackers
13/10/2011 … Johnny Vegas, Jack Whitehall and Harry Hill have signed up to make short films for Sky 1’s Little Crackers season this Christmas.