Basil Fawlty's dodgy builder dies
13/02/2012 … David Kelly – the Irish actor who played builder O'Reilly Fawlty Towers and one-armed washer-upper Albert Riddle in Robin’s Nest – has died at the age of 82.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 13 February 2012
Jupp up, Jupp up and get down...
13/02/2012 … Miles Jupp has joined the line-up for Let's Dance For Sport Relief.
Louis CK takes the Grammy
13/02/2012 … Louis CK has won a Grammy for his stand-up show Hilarious.
Sat 11 February 2012
Russell Brand floored by migrane
11/02/2012 … Russell Brand interrupted a stand-up show after being hit by crippling migrane attack on stage.
Mrs Brown's Boys sells 1m DVDs
Third most popular comedy ever
11/02/2012 … Mrs Brown’s Boys has sold more then a million DVDs – making it one of the top three best-selling comedy series of all time.
Oi Tim! That's my joke
Tweeter accuses Tim over conjunctivitis gag
11/02/2012 … A recruitment consultant for Chingford has claimed Tim Vine stole his gag: ‘Conjunctivitis.
Fri 10 February 2012
C4 orders prank show I'm Spazticus
Seven years after the pilot...
10/02/2012 … Even by the slow-moving standards of TV commissioning, it’s a long wait – but a Channel 4 Comedy Lab pilot has been picked up for a series seven years after…
15 seconds of fun
One new comic to get a – very brief – slot on the Secret Policeman's Ball
10/02/2012 … An aspiring British stand-up will win the chance to perform alongside some of comedy’s biggest stars at the Secret Policeman’s Ball in New York next month –…