BBC returns to Lapland
Festive special turns into a full series
04/10/2012 … BBC One has commissioned a full series based on Lapland – the one-off comedy that aired last Christmas Eve.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 04 October 2012
Wed 03 October 2012
Dylan Moran's next movie
03/10/2012 … Dylan Moran has signed up to appear in the new Irish film from The Guard director John Michael McDonagh.
Lee Mack: I shouldn't have ditched my mates
03/10/2012 … Lee Mack has said his biggest regret was ditching Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski the moment he got a chance at a TV break.
David Jason to pen memoirs
...but they won't be out til 2014
03/10/2012 … Sir David Jason has signed a deal to write his autobiography – but it won’t be out until the autumn of 2012.
Tue 02 October 2012
Sheer madness
Twitter storm over comic's 'women are less funny than rape' comment
02/10/2012 … Canadian comic Mike Sheer has prompted outrage by writing an article on Chortle concluding ‘women are less funny than rape’.
Charlie Baker cooks up a sitcom
With Russ Abbott and Martine McCutcheon
02/10/2012 … The BBC is piloting a new sitcom from comedian Charlie Baker, as a man who sets up a business from home.
Mon 01 October 2012
British Comedy Awards details announced
01/10/2012 … This year's British Comedy Awards are to take place on Wednesday December 12.
1.3m knocked out of the World Cup
Ratings error on C4 comedy show
01/10/2012 … Channel 4’s new panel show The Comedy World Cup has turned out to be a lot less popular than first thought, thanks to an error by audience-measuring company Barb.