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Comics launch free alternative to Funny Women competition
03/05/2011 … Chortle is lending its support to a new grassroots campaign to showcase new female comedians.
2011 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 03 May 2011
Fringe benefits for would-be comics
Free course for Edinburgh folk
03/05/2011 … The Edinburgh Fringe has launched a new stand-up course – offering free tips to would-be comics.
Jason Manford leaves 8 Out Of 10 Cats
03/05/2011 … Jason Manford is to quit his role as team captain on 8 Out Of 10 Cats to front a new ITV1 talent hunt.
Larry King's comedy show heads to London
03/05/2011 … American talk show legend Larry King is bringing his ‘stand-up’ show to London.
Sat 30 April 2011
Former comedian killed in Morocco blast
Peter Moss had turned travel writer
30/04/2011 … Former stand-up Pete Moss has been named as one of the 16 victims of a bomb that exploded in a Marrakech café yesterday.
Fri 29 April 2011
Watch banned Royal Wedding comedy
29/04/2011 … Several scenes from the banned Australian comedy show about the Royal Wedding have been released online.
Thu 28 April 2011
ITV picks up Seinfeld's Marriage Ref
28/04/2011 … ITV is to make a British version of Jerry Seinfeld’s reality show The Marriage Ref.
Wed 27 April 2011
Stephen Merchant belongs in a zoo
27/04/2011 … A midweek dose of WTF, falling between all these bank holidays…‘My wife is under no illusion that I’m anything special.