© Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Sacha Baron Cohen to star in spy spoof
07/08/2012 … Sacha Baron Cohen is to make a spoof James Bond-style film – after selling the idea to Paramount Studios for around £1million.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 07 August 2012
© Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Mon 06 August 2012
Edinburgh show kicked out of TWO venues
06/08/2012 … A charity comedy gig has been kicked out of its second Edinburgh Fringe venue for fear of causing offence.
Russell Kane Unzipped again
BBC Three orders second series
06/08/2012 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Russell Kane’s audience discussion show Unzipped.
Sun 05 August 2012
Tig Notaro: I have breast cancer
05/08/2012 … American comedian Tig Notaro has revealed that she has breast cancer.
Worthy of Baldrick...
STV taken in by fake Rowan Atkinson tweet claiming Blackadder would return
05/08/2012 … Scottish ITV broadcaster STV has fallen for a fake Twitter account claiming that Blackadder was due to return.
Sat 04 August 2012
Let's build a statue to Bill Hicks!
04/08/2012 … Fans of Bill Hicks have launched a campaign to erect a statue to him in Houston, the city where he began his comedy career.
BBC to show Russell Brand smoking heroin
Old footage for addiction documentary
04/08/2012 … Footage of Russell Brand smoking heroin in a dingy flat are to be show in a shock TV documentary about the power of addiction.
Fri 03 August 2012
I won't work unless you show me your boobs
03/08/2012 … A'There's been a turn toward an uber-cynical point of view [in comedy], and it's borderline mean.