Comics back Amnesty campaign
08/08/2011 … Comedians have backed Amnesty International’s Edinburgh Festival campaign to help free five men held in the United Arab Emirates for ‘insulting officials’Ed…
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 08 August 2011
Sun 07 August 2011
Comics get cultural
How comedy's influence has spread
07/08/2011 … Comedy is a major influence on Britain’s cultural life, Fosters award producer Nica Burns has claimed.
Sat 06 August 2011
Russell Brand performs a wedding
06/08/2011 … Russell Brand has conducted a marriage ceremony during one of his stand-up gigs.
Now this is awkward..
Watch Dane Cook and Louis CK discuss joke stealing
06/08/2011 … Dane Cook has appeared on Louis CK’s American sitcom in a scene that mines real-life joke-stealing accusations for uncomfortable laughs.
© CBS C4 goes for 'Broke'
Broadcaster snaps up US sitcom
06/08/2011 … Channel 4 has brought the rights to US sitcom 2 Broke Girls, more than a month before it airs on CBS.
Fri 05 August 2011
Jonnie Marbles sentence cut
05/08/2011 … Occasional comic Jonnie Marbles has had his jail term for throwing a foam pie at Rupert Murdoch reduced from six weeks to four.
Comedy Central apologises for Amy Winehouse gags
05/08/2011 … Comedy Central has apologised after it aired jokes about Amy Winehouse being dead in a rerun of Live At The Apollo.
Sharks or critics, who's worse?
05/08/2011 … ‘The British accent will not only imply sincerity, but also intelligence and astute analysis.