TV watchdogs clear Black Mirror
Charlie Brooker film did not invade privacy
10/09/2012 … Of all the things to cause potential offence in Charlie Brooker’s dark comic satire The National Anthem – in which the Prime Minister is forced to have sex…
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 10 September 2012
Sun 09 September 2012
Unheard Peter Cook archive to be released
Widow Lin has hundreds of hours
09/09/2012 … Previously unheard Peter Cook sketches are set to be released after his widow Lin opened up the archive.
Sat 08 September 2012
Julian Clary has other housemates licked
Comic wins Celebrity Big Brother
08/09/2012 … Julian Clary was last night crowned the winner of this year’s Celebrity Big Brother.
Fri 07 September 2012
Karl goes on tour... of shop car parks
07/09/2012 … ‘I don’t think it’s my business to try to amuse trendy young people.
Official: Peter Kay enters record books
Celebrates by referencing 80s TV show
07/09/2012 … Peter Kay has officially entered the Guinness World Records book for the planet’s biggest-selling stand-up tour.
Thu 06 September 2012
Plaque marks the Life Of Graham
06/09/2012 … An unofficial ‘blue plaque’ was unveiled to Graham Chapman today, on the side of a pub in Highgate, North London.
Comedy Central in Michael Clarke Duncan gaffe
06/09/2012 … Comedy Central has apologised after saying that Michael Clarke Duncan’s career never ‘took off’ – just two days after he died.
Silence is golden...
Boy With Tape On His Face is named Fringe critics' favourite
06/09/2012 … The Boy With Tape On His Face was the best-reviewed show of the Edinburgh Fringe, according to new analysis of Fringe press coverage.