Spinal Tap top poll
Mockumentary voted best comedy film
15/09/2011 … This is Spinal Tap has been voted the best comedy movie of all time.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 15 September 2011
Charlie Brooker writes 'British Twilight Zone'
...with Peep Show's Jesse Armstrong
15/09/2011 … Charlie Brooker and Peep Show’s Jesse Armstrong have written a Channel 4 mini-series described as ‘a contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone’.
Sky goes on a Trollied dash
15/09/2011 … Sky 1 has ordered two more series of supermarket comedy TrolliedThe first eight-part series – starring Jane Horrocks as the acting deputy managing of fictional…
Fast show duo to tour UK
...for a History channel travelogue
15/09/2011 … Fast Show stars Simon Day and John Thomson are to tour the UK in a new series for the History channel.
Psychoville killed off
No new series, Shearsmith confirms
15/09/2011 … Psychoville will not be returning for a third series, creator Reece Shearsmith has announced.
Wed 14 September 2011
Alan Carr induces a birth
Woman goes into labour during show
14/09/2011 … A pregnant woman laughed so hard during Alan Carr’s live show that she went into labour.
Richard Ayoade lands Hollywood role
14/09/2011 … The IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade has landed his first big-budget Hollywood role.
Laughing in the face of pain
Comedy builds up your tolerance
14/09/2011 … A good laugh helps you tolerate more pain, according to new research conducted at the Edinburgh Fringe.