'Will joke for food'
Desperate move for starving comics
24/10/2012 … 'Will work for food' is the sign of the starving and wretched everywhere – and now hard-up comedians have turned to making the same desperate offer.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 24 October 2012
Give a gorilla a camera...
Boosh's Bollo exhibits comics' portraits
24/10/2012 … He's best known in comedy for playing Bollo The Gorilla in The Mighty Boosh – but now Dave Brown is showing a different side, with an exhibition of comedians'…
Kevin Bridges up for two Scottish Baftas
24/10/2012 … Kevin Bridges is up for two Scottish Bafta award – going head to head against Mrs Brown's Boys.
'You changed the world'
24/10/2012 … Ellen DeGeneres has been hailed as a comic hero who 'changed the world' as she picked up the top prize in American comedy.
Tue 23 October 2012
Ross Noble: I'm writing a movie
After his acting debut, his first screenplay
23/10/2012 … Ross Noble is writing his first feature film.
Mon 22 October 2012
Frankie Boyle wins £50,000 libel case
Mirror wrong to call him 'racist'
22/10/2012 … Frankie Boyle says he is 'very happy' after winning more than £50,000 in libel damages over an article which called him a 'racist comedian'.
Time to Cool it
Phil quits comedy after 30 years
22/10/2012 … Phil Cool is to quit stand-up after more than 30 years in the business.
Fearne Cotton to leave Celebrity Juice
22/10/2012 … Fearne Cotton is to stand down from Celebrity Juice for a year to concentrate on motherhood.