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…
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 12 November 2012
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.
'It’s like Jimmy Savile and child molestation'
09/11/2012 … ‘The internet has done nothing but good for comedy all around.
Thu 08 November 2012
Joe Biden, sitcom star
Vice-President to appear on Parks & Rec
08/11/2012 … American vice-president Joe Biden is to make a cameo appearance on the sitcom Parks and Recreation.