David Cameron: The sitcom
Producer pitches idea to broadcasters
03/10/2011 … The creators of a sitcom about the private life of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard are trying to sell the idea to a UK broadcaster – but based around David…
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 03 October 2011
Comedy Central buys NBC's Whitney
03/10/2011 … Comedy Central has brought the rights to new American sitcom Whitney, starring stand-up Whitney Cummings.
Peter Kay's a bestseller
03/10/2011 … Peter Kay has topped the bestseller list for his third title, The Book That’s More Than Just A Book Book.
Not banned, just late
Why Russell Brand REALLY cancelled Canada gig
03/10/2011 … When Russell Brand Tweeted: ‘Let me in! I can't enter Canada’ on his way to a gig this weekend, it seemed his run-ins with the law had again caused problems…
Lee Evans cancels O2 show
...because of burst water pipe
03/10/2011 … Thousands of fans were left disappointed after Lee Evans cancelled his gig at London’s O2 Arena - because of a burst water pipe.
Sun 02 October 2011
Arrested Development to return
New series and film on the cards
02/10/2011 … Cult American sitcom Arrested Development is set to return for one more series and a movie, creator Mitch Hurwitz has revealed.
Great expectations for new Dickens comedy
Fry, Mitchell and Webb in BBC spoof
02/10/2011 … Stephen Fry, David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to star in a new Dickensian spoof, The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff, for BBC Two.
Canada deports Russell Brand
Show cancelled after immigration run-in
02/10/2011 … NOTE: There has been an update to this story.