Chris Ramsey is where it's @
Development deal for new Twitter show
17/04/2012 … Stand-up Chris Ramsey has signed a development deal with BBC Three, to work on a new show based on Twitter.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 17 April 2012
Mon 16 April 2012
McMania
Hundreds queue from 4am for Michael McIntyre tickets
16/04/2012 … More than 500 fans have queued from as early as 4am to get tickets to see Michael McIntyre in an intimate Welsh Theatre.
Matilda waltzes off with 7 Oliviers
Record award haul for Minchin's musical
16/04/2012 … Tim Minchin’s musical Matilda has broken West End records, after scooping seven Olivier Awards on Sunday night.
Sat 14 April 2012
Who will carry the Barry?
Brits dominate Melbourne comedy awards
14/04/2012 … Acts from the British stand-up circuit have dominated the nominations for the most prestigious award in Australian comedy.
Fri 13 April 2012
BBC backs Richard Pryor film
Documentary expected in early 2013
13/04/2012 … The BBC is backing a new documentary about the life of Richard Pryor, featuring a wealth of archive material.
BBC's new sketch show with 'real people'
Doing away with comedians altogether
13/04/2012 … BBC Three is piloting a new ‘reality’ sketch show – doing away with comedians all together.
2m tune in to Derek
But more watch an old Peter Kay show...
13/04/2012 … Just over two million viewers tuned in to Rick Gervais’s new show Derek last night – above the average audience for Channel 4 at the time.
'A body like Albert Steptoe'
13/04/2012 … ‘When you have an act like mine, that’s basically like pornography or thrash metal, most people won’t like it.