Ricky Gervais to return to stand-up
18/01/2013 … Ricky Gervais is planning to return to stand-up – with his ‘angriest’ show yet.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 18 January 2013
Thu 17 January 2013
We have lift-off!
Third series for Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science
17/01/2013 … Radio 4 has commissioned a third series of Helen Keen’s comedy science show It Is Rocket Science!Another four episodes have been ordered, which are set to be…
© EPA / Narong Sangnak 'The most degenerate show on TV'
Jim Jefferies' US series starts tonight
17/01/2013 … Jim Jefferies gets his American break tonight, when his sitcom Legit makes its debut on the FX network.
© EPA / Narong Sangnak Thai comic jailed for insulting monarchy
17/01/2013 … A Thai comedian has been jailed for insulting the monarchy.
Diff'rent Strokes star dies
'A father figure on and off screen'
17/01/2013 … Diff'rent Strokes star Conrad Bain has died at the age of 89.
Karl's mid-life crisis
Pilkington to go it alone for new Sky 1 series
17/01/2013 … Karl Pilkington is to make another comic documentary series for Sky 1 – but this time without Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Comics head for Sky Arts
New series of Playhouse Presents...
17/01/2013 … Johnny Vegas, Mathew Horne, Peter Serafinowicz and Johnny Sweet will all star in a new series of one-off dramas for Sky Arts.
Wed 16 January 2013
Cartoon villains!
Company steals comic's artwork to use as an ad
16/01/2013 … A comedian has hit out after a pet supply company stole one of her cartoons and used it as an advert.