BBC shelves Clarkson's QI show
09/12/2011 … The BBC has shelved tonight's planned edition of QI – because of fears of a viewer backlash over Jeremy Clarkson.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 09 December 2011
Britain's comedy habits revealed
09/12/2011 … Almost 20 million people go to at least one live comedy show a year, according to a new survey.
'I fancy Ricky Gervais like mad, he's so sexy'
09/12/2011 … Tim Key on his short films: ‘The most expensive was £150, and that was only because we had to buy and slaughter two eels.
Thu 08 December 2011
Posthumous album from Patrice O'Neal
08/12/2011 … Patrice O’Neal’s last album is to be released posthumously early next year.
America blows on the Time Trumpet
08/12/2011 … Armando Iannuuci’s spoof clips show Time Trumpet is set to be remade for an American audience.
Psychoville creator to write Benidorm
08/12/2011 … Psychoville’s Steve Pemberton has written three episodes of the next series of Benidorm, its creator has revealed.
Wed 07 December 2011
Michael Smiley wins acting acclaim
07/12/2011 … Stand-up Michael Smiley has won an acting gong at the British Independent Film Awards, ahead of such luminaries as Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy.
M*A*S*H's Col Potter dies at 96
07/12/2011 … Harry Morgan, who played Colonel Sherman Potter in 179 episodes of M*A*S*H has died at the age of 96.