Kane headlines Reading & Leeds
Revealed: Festivals' comedy line-ups
28/05/2013 … Russell Kane is to headline the comedy tent at this year’s Reading and Leeds festivals.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 28 May 2013
A funny way of speaking...
Herring to host panel show on language
28/05/2013 … Richard Herring is to host a new radio panel game about the dialects and slang of English speakers from around the world.
Woolwich murder: Too soon?
Dutch comedy seeks laughs from killing
28/05/2013 … A Dutch comedy show as caused a stir by seeking laughs from the slaughter of soldier Lee Rigby.
What the BBC wants
New comedy chief sets out his plan
28/05/2013 … The BBC’s new head of comedy has said that the genre has a bright future, as everyone is seeking the next big comedy hit.
Mon 27 May 2013
© BBC Bill Pertwee dies at 86
Another of the Dad's Army team gone
27/05/2013 … Dad's Army star Bill Pertwee has died at the age of 86.
Teenage comic makes BGT semis
Jack Carroll stunned by success
27/05/2013 … Teenage comedian Jack Carroll is through to the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent.
Sun 26 May 2013
Peter Kay tops comedy rich list
26/05/2013 … Peter Kay has topped a list of Britain’s top-earning comedians, with an income of £32.
India shuts down Comedy Central
After stand-up 'offended decency'
26/05/2013 … Comedy Central has been ordered off the air for ten days in India after broadcasting ‘obscene’ jokes.