David Tennant to host comedy panel show
23/08/2012 … David Tennant has signed up to host a Channel 4 comedy panel show.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 23 August 2012
Bea gets an A
So You Think You're Funny? winner announced
23/08/2012 … Irish comedian Aisling Bea has been crowned the 25th winner of So You Think You’re Funny?She is only the second woman ever to have won the competition, following…
The sketch show that uses real people
BBC Three confirms full series
23/08/2012 … Boom Town – the reality show-sketch comedy hybrid – has been picked up for a full series.
Going back to school
BBC Three orders more Bad Education and Live At The Electric
23/08/2012 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Jack Whitehall sitcom Bad Education – and two more runs of live comedy showcase Live At The Electric.
When in Rome...
ITV commissions historical sitcom Plebs
23/08/2012 … ITV has commissioned a full series of the sitcom Plebs, which crosses the sensibilities of The Inbetweeners with ancient Rome.
BBC confirms Count Arthur's TV show
Collabortation with Graham Linehan
23/08/2012 … BBC Two has confirmed that ageing thespian Count Arthur Strong is to star in his own sitcom.
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Mitchell and Webb to star in Embassy comedy
23/08/2012 … Mitchell and Webb are to star in a new BBC Two comedy-drama series set in a British Embassy.
Wanted: Budding sitcom writers
£5,000 search for a new series
23/08/2012 … Budding sitcom writers are being urged to enter a £5,000 competition to try to find the next comedy hit.