© BBC Jack Dee to tour again
Now he's finished work on Lead Balloon
28/05/2011 … Jack Dee is preparing to go on tour again, having finished work on the latest series of Lead Balloon.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 28 May 2011
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Jack Whitehall to star in C4 sitcom
Peep Show creators write student comedy
28/05/2011 … Jack Whitehall is to star in Channel 4’s new student sitcom Fresh Meat.
Fri 27 May 2011
Janet Brown dies
27/05/2011 … Janet Brown, the comedian and impressionist best known for mimicking Margaret Thatcher, has died at the age of 87.
Psychoville's ratings horror
27/05/2011 … Psychoville has suffered a huge slump in viewers, with half its audience turning off over the course of the second series.
BBC Three axes comedies
...including How Not To Live Your Life
27/05/2011 … BBC Three has axed three of its comedy series.
Alan Partridge to write memoirs
...well, with Coogan, Iannucci and others
27/05/2011 … Steve Coogan is writing Alan Partridge’s memoirs, to be released this autumn.
Johnny Vegas, TV shopping host
As part of an ambitious theatre project
27/05/2011 … Johnny Vegas is to become a presenter on TV shopping network.
Billy Connolly hurt in trike crash
27/05/2011 … Billy Connolly has broken his rib after crashing his trike on America's Route 66.