© Universal Studios Russell Brand back on MTV
11/05/2012 … Russell Brand risks walking into controversy again, after agreeing to host this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 11 May 2012
© Universal Studios Thu 10 May 2012
C4 Rose to the occasion
Awards for Friday Night Dinner and Black Mirror
10/05/2012 … Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner has been named best sitcom at the Rose d’Or international TV festival, beating Ricky Gervais’s Life’s Too Short.
A modern Brittas Empire?
Benidorm creator pens sitcom about chaos-prone spa boss
10/05/2012 … Benidorm creator Derren Litten is to write a new comedy series for Sky Living.
Ben Elton's 'spastic' gaffe
But charity Scope forgives him...
10/05/2012 … Ben Elton has been accused of committing an ‘awful, embarrassing’ gaffe after using the word ‘spastic’ on live TV.
© Working Title The World's End, coming in 2013
Completing Pegg/Frost/Wright trilogy
10/05/2012 … Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are to start work on their new comedy movie in September.
Female comics on the couch...
In new Sky Arts historical comedy
10/05/2012 … Top female comedians including Catherine Tate, Sharon Horgan and Katy Brand are to play a series of historical characters in a new one-off comedy.
Seinfeld and Gervais, together again?
New car series in the pipeline
10/05/2012 … Ricky Gervais is teaming up with new pal Jerry Seinfeld for a new TV series about cars.
Wocka! Wocka!
Montreal fest reveals its line-up – including The Muppets
10/05/2012 … Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has unveiled its 2012 line-up – with The Muppets hosting two prestigious gala shows.