Piff roasts the plagiarist
Magic Dragon act ripped off on Russian TV
21/05/2012 … The man behind Piff The Magic Dragon has spoken out against the imposter who stole his act on Russian TV.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 21 May 2012
Sat 19 May 2012
Count Arthur heads to TV
BBC Two sitcom shooting this year
19/05/2012 … Radio 4 stalwart Count Arthur Strong is to make the leap to TV – with a BBC Two sitcom shooting at the end of the year.
Fri 18 May 2012
Dictator falls foul of dictator
Baron Cohen banned in Tajikistan
18/05/2012 … Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator has been banned in Tajikistan after censors deemed the movie unsuitable.
Police Academy 6... by Ben Elton?
18/05/2012 … ‘If I didn’t invent all these ideas in comedy, I’d probably be a serial killer.
Tim Vine quits Not Going Out
18/05/2012 … Tim Vine has quit BBC One’s hit sitcom Not Going Out.
Partridge takes to the Sky
Steve Coogan films two new specials
18/05/2012 … Steve Coogan is to make two hour-long specials for Sky Atlantic, as well as a TV version of his internet series, Mid Morning Matters.
Dawn seeks a new Messiah
French to judge ITV's Superstar
18/05/2012 … Dawn French is to be on the judging panel on the new ITV talent show to find the next Jesus.
Thu 17 May 2012
New Assembly Rooms stops traffic
Road closed for bar & Spiegeltent
17/05/2012 … The street outside Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms is to be closed to traffic during the Fringe to make way for a terraced outdoor bar and a wooden Spiegeltent.