Steve Coogan gets serious
New film about adoption scandal
28/09/2012 … Steve Coogan is to star in a movie based on the true story of an Irish woman forced to put her illegitimate son up for adoption in the Fifties.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 28 September 2012
Healthy laughter...
Comics on a musical tour of hospitals
28/09/2012 … A group of comedians is touring Scottish hospitals with a musical encouraging people to take better care of their health.
Blue plaque for Ronnie Barker
28/09/2012 … A blue plaque is to be put up on the Oxford home where Ronnie Barker grew up.
Chris Ramsey, burglary suspect
28/09/2012 … 'Stand-up comedy is an artform is that you can fucking go nuts in.
West End Boy
'Tapeface' makes his London stage debut
28/09/2012 … The Boy With Tape On His Face is to make his West End debut with a run of 22 shows this Christmas.
Thu 27 September 2012
Pink Panther's Herbert Lom dies
27/09/2012 … Actor Herbert Lom, best known for playing the long-suffering Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films, has died at the age of 95.
Cameras everywhere...
Channel 4 commissions another hidden-camera show
27/09/2012 … Channel 4 has commissioned another series to add to the glut of hidden-camera shows.
Second series for Citizen Khan
Seven more episodes for BBC One
27/09/2012 … The BBC has ordered a second series of Citizen Khan.