Dara O Briain pilots 'a QI for science'
20/09/2013 … THE BBC is piloting a new TV panel show that Professor Brian Cox calls ‘a sort of science QI’.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 20 September 2013
Radio 4 Extra orders new stand-up show
Recorded at London's Sabotage night
20/09/2013 … Radio 4 Extra has commissioned a new stand-up show, to be recorded at a regular London comedy night.
BBC radio comedy is 'too conservative'
...and that breeds similar comedians, says one stand-up
20/09/2013 … BBC radio comedy has been accused of being ‘stuck in the past’ and stifling the way comedians work.
A stoned Stephen Merchant smashed Sarah Silverman's window
20/09/2013 … • ‘I shouldn't be this famous, or rich, with the stuff I do.
© BBC/Comedy Unit Burnistoun duo shoot a new sitcom
Set in Glasgow community centre
20/09/2013 … Burnistoun creators Robert Florence and Iain Connell have shot a new sitcom pilot for the BBC.
Thu 19 September 2013
Judge told he must quit comedy
US ruling against part-time stand-up
19/09/2013 … A judge has been told he’ll have to stop doing stand-up if he wants to continue his legal career.
Sidebottom statue to be unveiled
19/09/2013 … A DATE has been set for the unveiling of the Frank Sidebottom statue in his home town of Timperley next month.
© BBC/Idil Sukan Weak start for Father Figure
1.4m see Jason Byrne's new sitcom
19/09/2013 … Jason Byrne’s new sitcom made only a modest start in the ratings last night.