Gervais is the new king of Twitter
21/06/2012 … Move over Stephen Fry, Ricky Gervais is the most influential comedian on Twitter.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 21 June 2012
Toga party!
ITV pilots 'The Inbetweeners meets ancient Rome'
21/06/2012 … ITV2 has piloted a sitcom set in ancient Rome, starring Friday Night Dinner’s Tom Rosenthal.
'Cripple' case postponed
Delay for comedy promoter's trial
21/06/2012 … Legal action against a comedy promoter arrested after using the word ‘crippled’ to promote a comedian with muscular dystrophy has been postponed.
Jimmy Carr pulls out of 'dodgy' tax scheme
Comic apologises for his affairs
21/06/2012 … Jimmy Carr has pulled out of the controversial tax-avoidance scheme that even David Cameron has referred to as ‘dodgy' and a ‘scam’.
Take a trance on me...
Rufus Hound to host hypnotism show
21/06/2012 … Rufus Hound is to host a new ‘comedy hypnotism gameshow’ for ITV2.
Wed 20 June 2012
Comic to pay for reviews
£100-a-time 'bribe' to win Fringe coverage
20/06/2012 … Comedian Caimh McDonnell has come up with a novel way of getting his Edinburgh show seen by critics .
Carr: I pay what tax I have to
20/06/2012 … Jimmy Carr has defended his tax affairs saying: ‘I pay what I have to and not a penny more.
Sorry for calling you prostitutes
William Shatner apologises for HIGNFY gag
20/06/2012 … William Shatner has apologised to the people of Ilfracombe after suggesting it was rife with prostitution on Have I Got News for You.