Tim Vine quits Not Going Out
18/05/2012 … Tim Vine has quit BBC One’s hit sitcom Not Going Out.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 18 May 2012
Partridge takes to the Sky
Steve Coogan films two new specials
18/05/2012 … Steve Coogan is to make two hour-long specials for Sky Atlantic, as well as a TV version of his internet series, Mid Morning Matters.
Dawn seeks a new Messiah
French to judge ITV's Superstar
18/05/2012 … Dawn French is to be on the judging panel on the new ITV talent show to find the next Jesus.
Thu 17 May 2012
New Assembly Rooms stops traffic
Road closed for bar & Spiegeltent
17/05/2012 … The street outside Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms is to be closed to traffic during the Fringe to make way for a terraced outdoor bar and a wooden Spiegeltent.
Good news, Weeks
Sketch actor Ed gets big break in US sitcom
17/05/2012 … British comic and actor Ed Weeks could be poised for US stardom thanks to a new sitcom.
The grand prize...
Funny's Funny winnner will get £1,000
17/05/2012 … The Funny’s Funny competition for female comedians has announced that its top prize will be £1,000 this year.
Reality show for Keith Lemon
'The Kardashians meets I’m Alan Partridge’
17/05/2012 … Keith Lemon may be fictional – but that doesn’t mean he can’t star in his own reality TV show.
Get well soon, buddy
Comics send love after Carey Marx has heart attack
17/05/2012 … Comedians have rallied around stand-up Carey Marx after he suffered a heart attack at the weekend.