Over and Outnumbered
13/09/2012 … The next series of Outnumbered is to be the last, star Tyger Drew-Honey has revealed.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 13 September 2012
C4 orders Funny Fortnight shows
13/09/2012 … Channel 4 has ordered full series of Dallas-style spoof Bad Sugar and a second run of prank show I’m Spazticus.
Wed 12 September 2012
'Sorry I called you racist'
Nik Coppin wins grovelling apology
12/09/2012 … Stand-up Nik Coppin has won an apology from an Australian newspaper columnist who branded him racist.
Actors cast in Merchant's sitcom
Hello, Ladies being piloted for HBO
12/09/2012 … Some supporting cast for Stephen Merchant’s US sitcom Hello, Ladies have been announced.
Tue 11 September 2012
First 2013 Fringe show announced
It's Jason Manford, in a major new tour
11/09/2012 … This year’s Edinburgh Fringe might only just be over – but the first show for the 2013 event has just been confirmed, as Jason Manford announces festival dates…
More from Morecambe & Wise...
Lost Eric and Ernie footage set to air
11/09/2012 … UK TV SHOWCASE: Previously unseen Morecambe And Wise footage is to be aired in a new retrospective on the comedy heroes.
Yes Prime Minister signs Robbie Coltrane
11/09/2012 … UK TV SHOWCASE: Robbie Coltrane is to make a guest appearance in the revival of Yes Prime Minister.
Sum good news
Dara's maths show amounts to a second series
11/09/2012 … UK TV SHOWCASE: Dara O Briain’s School Of Hard Sums is to return for a second series.