The Wright Way for a panning
Critics already hate Ben Elton's new sitcom
23/04/2013 … Ben Elton’s new sitcom has been panned by critics before it has even aired.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 23 April 2013
Mon 22 April 2013
What am I bid?
Marcel Lucont to auction off private shows for his Fringe run
22/04/2013 … Marcel Lucont is selling himself to the highest bidder at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Vicious shows TV has grown up
22/04/2013 … Sir Ian McKellen says his new sitcom shows ‘TV has grown up‘ as it depicts gay characters without mocking them.
Twitter hosts a comedy festival
22/04/2013 … Stars including Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer are to take part in a five-day comedy festival, which will take place almost entirely on Twitter.
Billy: My 'terrifying' memory loss
'I feel like I'm losing my mind'
22/04/2013 … Billy Connolly has told an audience that he's suffering ‘terrifying’ memory losses while on stage.
Mooney axed over Boston bomb jokes
22/04/2013 … Comic Paul Mooney has had a gig pulled after making bad-taste jokes about the Boston bombs.
Ofcom to probe Comic Relief sketch
Complaints over Rowan Atkinson
22/04/2013 … Broadcast watchdog Ofcom is to investigate Rowan Atkinson’s Comic Relief sketch in which he played a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury.