Award-winning pussy
Adrienne Truscott takes Malcolm Hardee title
24/08/2013 … Adult cabaret act turned outrageous stand-up Adrienne Truscott has won this year’s Malcolm Hardee award for comic originality.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 24 August 2013
Bridget Christie wins Edinburgh award
24/08/2013 … Bridget Christie has won the award for the best comedy show on the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 23 August 2013
It's the Wed-inburgh Fringe
23/08/2013 … WTF: Weekly Trivia File • ‘Comedy isn't tragedy plus time, it's rage plus structure,’ Josh Whedon.
© BBC Badults gets a second series
23/08/2013 … Badults – the BBC Three sitcom created by sketch trio Pappy’s – has been recommissioned for a second series, before the first has ended.
Vicious will return
...as will The Job Lot, says ITV boss
23/08/2013 … ITV sitcoms Vicious and The Job Lot will both return for second series.
Terry Alderton joins EastEnders
23/08/2013 … Terry Alderton is to join the cast of EastEnders.
Chat show for Russell Kane
Plus news of other BBC Three comedies
23/08/2013 … Russell Kane is to host a new BBC Three chat show alongside Radio 1’s Greg James.
US Inbetweeners remake gets its director
Former sketch performer Jim Field Smith
23/08/2013 … Hollywood’s remake of The Inbetweeners movie has found itself a director.