Tommy Cooper fronts heart campaign
30 years after his fatal cardiac arrest
01/06/2012 … The British Heart Foundation is using Tommy Cooper in a new advertising campaign for cardiac health.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 01 June 2012
Could Lizzie and Sarah make a comeback?
Julia Davis drops hints over axed show
01/06/2012 … Julia Davis is eager to revive her axed comedy Lizzie and Sarah.
Coogan: We were crude
Verdict on Partridge on The Day Today
01/06/2012 … Steve Coogan has branded his Alan Partridge contributions to groundbreaking satire The Day Today as ‘crude’ and ‘unsophisticated’.
Adam Buxton: Don't feed the trolls
On his run-in with online critics
01/06/2012 … Adam Buxton has revealed that he stopped engaging with online comments – after one troll he challenged set up a vicious fake blog in his name.
Veep is not an American Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci on US-UK differences
01/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci says his American political satire Veep is far removed from The Thick Of It.
Our new panel show is female-friendly
01/06/2012 … Jack Dee has promised that his new panel show will be more friendly to female comedians than the likes of Mock The Week.