Arnold Brown: The movie
25/10/2013 … Arnold Brown is making a 'semi-fictionalised' film about his life, which he's described as 'the patisserie version of Trainspotting'.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 25 October 2013
Thu 24 October 2013
BBC to honour Felix Dexter
24/10/2013 … BBC Two has commissioned a one-off tribute show about Felix Dexter, who died on Friday at the age of 52.
Apollo 9 lifts off
Line-ups for new series announced
24/10/2013 … The BBC has confirmed the line-up for the ninth series of Live At The Apollo.
Davies settles McAlpine libel
£15,000 for defamatory retweet
24/10/2013 … Alan Davies has agreed to pay £15,000 damages over his libellous tweet about Lord McAlpine.
Hart & Brydon cast in Gangsta Granny
David Walliams's book comes to TV
24/10/2013 … Miranda Hart, Rob Brydon, Julia McKenzie and Joanna Lumley have been cast in the TV adaptation of David Walliams’s best-selling children’s novel Gangsta Granny.
Tim Vine joins Blandings
24/10/2013 … Tim Vine has joined the cast of BBC One's PG Wodehouse comedy Blandings.
Wed 23 October 2013
Still Game duo confirm stage comeback
23/10/2013 … Still Game stars Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan have officially confirmed that their sitcom is returning to its beginnings as a stage show.
Freddie Starr rebailed again
Lawyers 'astonished' at delays
23/10/2013 … Freddie Starr has been rebailed again on allegations of historic sexual offences – prompting his lawyers to complain about the length of time the investigation…