RIP Michael Hurll
Creator of British Comedy Awards dies at 75
20/09/2012 … Michael Hurll - the man who started the British Comedy Awards – died yesterday at the age of 75.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 20 September 2012
Wed 19 September 2012
Derek on demand
Gervais's show bypasses US broadcasters – and goes direct to Netflix
19/09/2012 … Ricky Gervais’s series Derek will be bypassing broadcasters in the States – to go straight to video-on-demand service Netflix.
Ricky Gervais turns app entrepreneur
Like Twitter - but for voice messages
19/09/2012 … Ricky Gervais has launched his own iPhone app – which aims to be like Twitter, but using voice messages.
£3.6m budget for Mrs Brown's movie
...as quiz show is also piloted
19/09/2012 … The movie version of Mrs Brown’s Boys has been given a £3.
BBC 'lost interest' in Red Dwarf
Co-creator says they didn't want revival
19/09/2012 … The BBC had no interest in reviving Red Dwarf – even though it attracted audiences of up to eight million, co-creator Doug Naylor has revealed.
Tue 18 September 2012
Long and the short
Josie leads an army of comics making indie films
18/09/2012 … Josie Long is to make a short film named after her Edinburgh Fringe show Romance and Adventure.
© BBC America has another shot at Pulling
Another US pilot for Horgan's sitcom
18/09/2012 … American broadcasters are to have a second shot at adapting Sharon Horgan’s sitcom Pulling for the US market.
Mon 17 September 2012
Rowan makes a return to live comedy
17/09/2012 … Rowan Atkinson is to make a rare live comedy appearance at this year’s Prince's Trust comedy gala.