John Cleese signs memoirs deal
'Autobiographies don't come bigger than this'
04/10/2012 … John Cleese has signed a deal to write his memoirs.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 04 October 2012
Rob Brydon gets a US pilot
As a 'fish out of water' in LA
04/10/2012 … Rob Brydon is to pilot for his own comedy series for acclaimed American cable network HBO.
Gene genie
Eddie Izzard to trace his family tree back 200,000 years
04/10/2012 … Forget family tree show Who Do You Think You Are? Eddie Izzard is to trace his roots back more than 200,000 years.
BBC returns to Lapland
Festive special turns into a full series
04/10/2012 … BBC One has commissioned a full series based on Lapland – the one-off comedy that aired last Christmas Eve.
Wed 03 October 2012
Dylan Moran's next movie
03/10/2012 … Dylan Moran has signed up to appear in the new Irish film from The Guard director John Michael McDonagh.
Lee Mack: I shouldn't have ditched my mates
03/10/2012 … Lee Mack has said his biggest regret was ditching Catherine Tate and Dan Antopolski the moment he got a chance at a TV break.
David Jason to pen memoirs
...but they won't be out til 2014
03/10/2012 … Sir David Jason has signed a deal to write his autobiography – but it won’t be out until the autumn of 2012.
Tue 02 October 2012
Sheer madness
Twitter storm over comic's 'women are less funny than rape' comment
02/10/2012 … Canadian comic Mike Sheer has prompted outrage by writing an article on Chortle concluding ‘women are less funny than rape’.