'Don't tell him Pike' actor dies
06/03/2012 … Philip Madoc, the actor immortalised as the captured German in the 'Don't tell him, Pike!' scene from Dad's Army, has died at the age of 77.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 06 March 2012
Mon 05 March 2012
Jason Manford joins Sweeney Todd
05/03/2012 … Jason Manford is to join the cast of West End musical Sweeney Todd.
Clive Anderson to host new panel show
05/03/2012 … Clive Anderson is to host a new comedy panel show for BBC Radio Scotland.
BBC's new sketch show... in 3G
Ginge, Geordie and Geek to make a pilot
05/03/2012 … Sketch trio The Ginger, The Geordie And The Geek have landed a TV pilot for the BBC.
Susan Boyle hits back at Gervais's 'mong' jibe
05/03/2012 … Susan Boyle has finally responded to Ricky Gervais saying she looked like a ‘mong’– by calling him a ‘wasted’ talent.
Sun 04 March 2012
Hebburn. They're in Hebburn...
Reeves and Ramsey in Jason Cook's sitcom
04/03/2012 … Vic Reeves and stand-up Chris Ramsey are to star in a new BBC Two sitcom, created by comic Jason Cook.
Sat 03 March 2012
Omid Djalili dances into Let's Dance final
03/03/2012 … Omid Djalili is through to the final of Let’s Dance For Sport Relief, thanks to the unanimous votes of judges.
Eulogies? It's the way you tell 'em
03/03/2012 … Fans have lined the streets of Belfast to bid farewell to Frank Carson.