© BBC Dog comedy from Getting On stars
09/07/2013 … Getting On creators Jo Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine are to pen a new sitcom for the BBC, set at a dog training class.
2013 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 09 July 2013
© BBC 
© BBC Comedy clearout
Axed: Wright Way, Getting On and Heading Out... plus questions over Miranda
09/07/2013 … The BBC has axed Ben Elton’s much-derided sitcom The Wright Way – while there is a question mark over the future of Miranda.
Putting the Cats among the Countdowners
09/07/2013 … The 8 Out of 10 Cats teams are to take over Countdown for six more episodes.
Book deal for Bridget Christie
09/07/2013 … Bridget Christie has signed a publishing deal to write ‘a funny book about feminism’.
BBC buys more Parks & Rec
09/07/2013 … BBC Four has signed a deal to run the third series of Parks And Recreation in Britain.
Mon 08 July 2013
Compere attacked at gong show
VIDEO: Contestant takes rejection badly...
08/07/2013 … Comedian Andrew Ryan has been attacked on stage by a gong show contestant who’d been booed off.
The elite have 'stitched up' comedy
But Stewart Lee is trying to challenge it
08/07/2013 … British comedy has undergone an elitist 'stitch-up', with poorer performers being ‘priced out’ of success, Stewart Lee has claimed.
Editor cuts the Mustard
08/07/2013 … Comedy magazine Mustard is to cease publishing after after six years.