Write your way to New York
Bafta's boost for new comedy writers
02/06/2011 … Bafta is to fly three unknown comedy writers to the New York Television Festival to showcase their work to leading American TV executives.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 02 June 2011
Top cast for Sky's Jinsy
Hill, Tate, Saunders and more...
02/06/2011 … Jennifer Saunders, Harry Hill, David Tennant and Catherine Tate are all to make appearances in Sky Atlantic’s first original comedy, This Is Jinsy.
Jo Brand vs Jeremy Clarkson
02/06/2011 … You would probably never expect them to see eye-to-eye; but Jo Brand has revealed she had a celebrity spat with Jeremy Clarkson at a BBC think-tank.
The ticket master
Comic Sanderson Jones to personally sell every seat
02/06/2011 … Comedian Sanderson Jones is trying to fill a 500-seat venue by selling all the tickets personally.
Here comes The Sun
Newspaper to offer comedy clubs a boost
02/06/2011 … Comedy clubs across the country could be set for an audience boost next week as The Sun launches a 2-for-1ticket offer.
Wed 01 June 2011
BBC Three sitcom for Angus Deayton
01/06/2011 … Angus Deayton is to star in a new BBC Three comedy about teenage parents.
Tue 31 May 2011
Steve Coogan's porn film
New biopic of strip club owner Paul Raymond
31/05/2011 … Steve Coogan has been lined up to play porn baron Paul Raymond in a new film biography.
Sun 29 May 2011
Mad about 'Men'
Sitcom reruns 'led to bomb threat'
29/05/2011 … A viewer became so incensed with constant reruns of Two And A Half Men that he allegedly threatened to bomb his local TV station unless they stopped broadcasting…