Coogan: We were crude
Verdict on Partridge on The Day Today
01/06/2012 … Steve Coogan has branded his Alan Partridge contributions to groundbreaking satire The Day Today as ‘crude’ and ‘unsophisticated’.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 01 June 2012
Adam Buxton: Don't feed the trolls
On his run-in with online critics
01/06/2012 … Adam Buxton has revealed that he stopped engaging with online comments – after one troll he challenged set up a vicious fake blog in his name.
Veep is not an American Thick Of It
Armando Iannucci on US-UK differences
01/06/2012 … Armando Iannucci says his American political satire Veep is far removed from The Thick Of It.
Our new panel show is female-friendly
01/06/2012 … Jack Dee has promised that his new panel show will be more friendly to female comedians than the likes of Mock The Week.
Thu 31 May 2012
BBC's Fringe comedy marathon
31/05/2012 … The BBC is to screen a live eight-hour overnight comedy marathon from the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fringe grows – despite Olympics
Now 2,695 shows, up 6% on 2012
31/05/2012 … This year’s Edinburgh Fringe will be bigger the ever – disproving fears that performers might stay away from the world’s biggest arts festival as it partly…
Sky seeks new character comics
Series of short films commissioned
31/05/2012 … Sky has commissioned a series of ten short films to showcase characters from up-and-coming comedy talent.
University's ha-ha-harchive
31/05/2012 … Veteran comedian Bernie Clifton will today open a valuable comedy archive, featuring around 500 hours of audio footage.