Omnishambles is word of the year
13/11/2012 … ‘Omnishambles’ – the word created by The Thick Of It – has been named ‘word of the year’ by the Oxford English Dictionary.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 13 November 2012
Mon 12 November 2012
John Bishop brings Panto! to ITV
12/11/2012 … John Bishop is to star in a Christmas comedy-drama for ITV, based around a pantomime.
Arrested for causing offence
12/11/2012 … Civil liberties groups have warned of a further erosion of free speech after police arrested a teenager for allegedly posting an image of a burning remembrance poppy…
Sun 11 November 2012
Miranda tops bestseller list
11/11/2012 … Miranda Hart has held on to her position at the top of the hardback bestseller list, outselling Cheryl Cole.
Comedy's brutal... and bitchy
Michael McIntyre recalls his circuit days
11/11/2012 … Michael McIntyre has spoken of how he hated his time on the comedy club circuit, because of the bitchiness of other stand-ups.
Sat 10 November 2012
You stupid Kent!
Prince dismisses comedians as 'tiresome'
10/11/2012 … Prince Michael of Kent has turned into an unlikely comedy critic – complaining that most comedians are ‘tiresome’.
Fri 09 November 2012
Mrs Brown's Boys outsells McIntyre
09/11/2012 … Mrs Brown’s Boys looks set to be the biggest-selling live comedy DVD this Christmas after Amazon released details of advance sales.
Radio 1 comedy show for Tom Deacon
09/11/2012 … Tom Deacon is to present a new weekly comedy show on Radio 1.