Derek gets another series
Six more episodes for Ricky Gervais show
04/03/2013 … Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Derek from Ricky Gervais.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 04 March 2013
Humphrey goes to Hollywood
04/03/2013 … Humphrey Ker has landed his first US acting role, in a sitcom pilot about friends who reassess their lives after surviving a plane crash.
Native Americans demand sitcom apology
04/03/2013 … Native Americans have demanded an apology over a gag in the sitcom Mike And Molly which portrayed them as drunks.
Sun 03 March 2013
Jason Manford's comedy club hits back
'Farcical' reports about financial woes
03/03/2013 … A comedy club part-owned by Jason Manford has hit back at ‘farcical’ reports about its financial problems.
The name game
Panel show pilot for Sue Perkins
03/03/2013 … Sue Perkins is to front a BBC One panel show pilot, based around people who share the same name.
Sat 02 March 2013
Qwaliteeee moves!
Lee Nelson triumphs in Let's Dance...
02/03/2013 … Lee Nelson has made it through to the final of Let's Dance for Comic Relief.
Whose Line? to return
02/03/2013 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is being revived for American TV.
Debut DVDs for Walsh and Widdicombe
(And Adam Hills gets a UK first, too)
02/03/2013 … Josh Widdicombe and Seann Walsh have both signed deals to release their first live DVDs.