Black and gold
Black comedy award winners named
05/04/2012 … Nathan Caton has scooped two accolades at the black comedy awards.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 05 April 2012
'The pharmacist were 3 drop in the bucket'
05/04/2012 … ‘Whenever a more famous comedian namechecks me in an interview, I’m deliberately shit for two weeks to shake off the newcomers.
BBC orders more Watson & Oliver
05/04/2012 … BBC Two has commissioned a second series of Watson and Oliver, despite disappointing ratings for the first run.
Tat's not funny
Fan gets comedy club tattoo - then they change the logo
05/04/2012 … An Irish stand-up fan got a tattoo of his local comedy club’s logo inked on his arm – only to find the venue unveil a new design that very night.
Battle of the banter
Sky picks up Jack Dee panel show
05/04/2012 … Sky Atlantic has picked up the Jack Dee panel show Don’t Sit In The Front Row – in which stand-ups have to improvise routines based around audience members’…
Tue 03 April 2012
Avalon doubles its profits
Comedy giant made £4.7m last year
03/04/2012 … Comedy agent and TV company Avalon has almost doubled its profits, to £4.
'Weird Al' launches $5m lawsuit
03/04/2012 … American musical comic ‘Weird Al” Yankovic is suing his record label, claiming he is owed more than $5 million in royalties.
Oh my God! They revived Kenny
BBC4 Everett biopic in the works
03/04/2012 … Kenny Everett is to be the latest comedy great to get the BBC Four biopic treatment.