Comic had indecent images of kids
14/10/2012 … A comedian has been dropped from the Birmingham Comedy Festival after he was convicted of downloading 4,500 pornographic images of children.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 14 October 2012
Kirkcaldy Comedy Festival pulled
14/10/2012 … The Kirkcaldy Comedy Festival has been unexpectedly pulled - a week into the events.
Fri 12 October 2012
Self-funded sitcom is an international hit
South African success for the Adebanjos
12/10/2012 … A British sitcom which producers financed themselves after being rejected by broadcasters has become one of the most-watched comedies on South African TV.
'He's not like a normal human adult'
12/10/2012 … 'When reviewers say that I just talk very amusing nonsense, I see that as the biggest compliment because you can’t make an audience laugh for two hours unless…
BBC 'banned' Jimmy Savile jokes on Mock The Week
12/10/2012 … The BBC effectively banned comics from making Jimmy Savile jokes on Mock The Week, host Dara O Briain has claimed.
Andrew Maxwell held at gunpoint at Area 51
...but he's saved by his stand-up
12/10/2012 … Andrew Maxwell says that a stand-up routine about The Duchess of Cambridge saved him from prison after he was arrested at gunpoint while at the secretive US military…
Thu 11 October 2012
Another man jailed over sick joke
11/10/2012 … Another man has been jailed for making a sick joke – the third to be sentenced this week.
C4 orders Paddy McGuinness show
Clip fest set to air this autumn
11/10/2012 … Channel 4 have picked up Paddy McGuinness's new clip show, Paddy’s TV Guide.