Rufus Hound wins festive Strictly
Just ahead of his West End song and dance run...
26/12/2013 … Rufus Hound has again shown of his nifty footwork, winning the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas speical.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 26 December 2013
Tue 24 December 2013
Jongleurs: We will pay our comics
Row over clubs' unpaid wages goes public
24/12/2013 … Jongleurs has vowed to clear all the debts it owes to stand-ups who play its clubs by the end of next month, after the critical issue was made public.
R4 show for Jason Cook
24/12/2013 … HEBBURN writer and stand-up comedian Jason Cook is for star in his own Radio 4 show, The comic will front his School Of Hard Knocks in the new year, in which he…
Mon 23 December 2013
Micky is the Christmas No 1
23/12/2013 … MICKY FLANAGAN has the No 1 Christmas comedy DVD, retaining his position ahead of Mrs Brown’s Boys for yet another week.
Top agent Addison Cresswell dies at 53
Heart attack claims 'the most powerful man in comedy'
23/12/2013 … Legendary comedy agent Addison Creswell has died of a heart attack at the age of 53.
Sun 22 December 2013
Iiiiit's Chriiiiistmas!
22/12/2013 … The comedy week aheadTodayTV: The Christmas special of Hebburn, Jason Cook’s affectionate sitcom starring Chris Ramsey, Kimberley Nixon, Gina McKee and Jim Moir…
Miranda: Eric bought me sunshine
How Morecambe got her through her fug
22/12/2013 … Miranda Hart has spoken of how she struggled with fame and loneliness – but got through the self-doubt thanks to her hero Eric Morecambe.
Sat 21 December 2013
Whitehall plays the Apollo... as a warm-up
21/12/2013 … FOR many comics, it’s the pinnacle of their career.