Gallagher suffers heart attack
15/03/2012 … American comedian Gallagher has been rushed to hospital after suffering a ‘mild to serious’ heart attack before a gig.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 15 March 2012
The artist formerly known as Big Yin
Billy Connolly's sketches on display
15/03/2012 … Billy Connolly has revealed a new strand to his career – as a fine artist.
Wed 14 March 2012
Matt Lucas film baffles critics
First screening for Small Apartments
14/03/2012 … Small Apartments, in which Matt Lucas makes his debut big-screen leading role, has received its first screening in the States.
McIntyre: Pogues have banned my joke
Humour failure over Fairytale Of New York
14/03/2012 … The Pogues have banned Michael McIntyre from joking about their Christmas song Fairytale Of New York, he claims.
Tue 13 March 2012
This Is Spinal Tap... but with Whitesnake
Dead Cat Bounce make mockumentary
13/03/2012 … Irish comedy rock band Dead Cat Bounce are making their own This Is Spinal Tap – a ‘guerrilla mockumentary’ about Eighties soft rockers Whitesnake.
The Infidel gets Hindi remake
13/03/2012 … David Baddiel's film The Infidel is to be remade in Hindi.
Mon 12 March 2012
A clip round the years
Griff Rhys Jones to host archive quiz
12/03/2012 … Griff Rhys Jones is to host a new comedy panel show for Channel 4, based on archive TV clips.
Not a good advert...
Mad Bad Ad Show bumped from C4 schedule
12/03/2012 … Mark Watson and Micky Flanagan's panel show The Mad Bad Ad Show has been pulled from Channel 4's schedules midway through its run.