What a Buzz!
Frank Skinner becomes a dad for the first time
26/05/2012 … Frank Skinner has become a father for the first time at the age of 55.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 26 May 2012
Fri 25 May 2012
BBC launches its New Comedy Award
25/05/2012 … The BBC has launched its New Comedy Award for 2012.
Tony Gerrard dies
Comic's career spanned 44 years
25/05/2012 … Tony Gerrard, who had performed for almost 45 years on both the mainstream and the Jongleurs circuit, has died.
This sucks!
Ice lolly joke winner wasn't entirely original
25/05/2012 … It has proved a successful PR stunt to put the LOL back into lolly.
Radio 4 orders an all-star litcom
Six-part spoof of the Bloomsbury Group
25/05/2012 … Radio 4 has commissioned a sitcom spoofing the literary Bloomsbury Group.
'The point of comedy is to annoy people'
25/05/2012 … ‘The whole point of stand-up comedy is to annoy people.
Thu 24 May 2012
Sitcom role for Seann Walsh
24/05/2012 … Seann Walsh has landed his first sitcom role, starring alongside The Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison in a new show for Comedy Central.
Eddie Izzard forced to quit marathons
24/05/2012 … Eddie Izzard has been forced to call a halt to his multi-marathon effort in honour of Nelson Mandela.