Unwelcome Matt
Lucas acts to shut down Twitter imposter
25/07/2011 … Matt Lucas has acted to shut down an imposter who has been posing as him on Twitter.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 25 July 2011
How humiliating...
Revealed: how new Sky talent show will eject comics
25/07/2011 … Comedians will be subjected to humiliating rejection on Sky 1’s new talent show Last Act Standing.
Sat 23 July 2011
BBC calls time on Two Pints Of Lager
Sitcom axed after ten years and 80 episodes
23/07/2011 … Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps has been axed after ten years and 80 episodes.
Fri 22 July 2011
Swapping headlines for punchlines
22/07/2011 … Radio 1 newsreader Dominic Byrne has had his first crack at stand-up… and just about survived.
© Comedy Central British TV is too scared to do tough satire
22/07/2011 … Britain doesn’t have an equivalent to America’s Daily show because TV executives are ‘cowards’, John Oliver has claimed.
Ricky Gervais plays God...
22/07/2011 … ‘I don’t buy The Sun any more either ‘cos it treats its readers as if we are morons’ Jim Davidson.
Thu 21 July 2011
Fast Show 'set for reunion'
Cast in talks, Simon Day reveals
21/07/2011 … The Fast Show could be heading for a comeback, star Simon Day has revealed.
Daniel Kitson is critics' favourite
He tops chart of 2010 Fringe reviews
21/07/2011 … Daniel Kitson had the best-reviewed show of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, according to new analysis.