Sick plagiarism?
11/05/2012 … ‘Did the gig at the winter gardens Margate… What the hell has happened to that town?It’s full of scary white people.
2012 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 11 May 2012
Izzard's marathon tribute to Mandela
11/05/2012 … Eddie Izzard is to run 27 marathons in 27 consecutive days, as a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
Rock off...
NBC to cancel 30 Rock after one more series
11/05/2012 … 30 Rock is to be axed after one more – shortened – series.
Film4 pledges £1m for comedy movies
Hopes for another Inbetweeners
11/05/2012 … Film4 has pledged an extra £1million to develop new British comedy films.
© Universal Studios Russell Brand back on MTV
11/05/2012 … Russell Brand risks walking into controversy again, after agreeing to host this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
Thu 10 May 2012
C4 Rose to the occasion
Awards for Friday Night Dinner and Black Mirror
10/05/2012 … Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner has been named best sitcom at the Rose d’Or international TV festival, beating Ricky Gervais’s Life’s Too Short.
A modern Brittas Empire?
Benidorm creator pens sitcom about chaos-prone spa boss
10/05/2012 … Benidorm creator Derren Litten is to write a new comedy series for Sky Living.
Ben Elton's 'spastic' gaffe
But charity Scope forgives him...
10/05/2012 … Ben Elton has been accused of committing an ‘awful, embarrassing’ gaffe after using the word ‘spastic’ on live TV.