BBC Three pilot for Marcel Lucont
Merde In Britain to mock the UK
30/05/2014 … Marcel Lucont is to star in his own BBC Three pilot, Merde In Britain.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Fri 30 May 2014
Club calls police to eject heckler
'There was only so much the audience could take'
30/05/2014 … Heckling got so bad at one comedy club that police had to be called to eject the troublesome punter.
Sitcom for Sammy J and Randy
30/05/2014 … Australian comic Sammy J and his puppet sidekick Randy are to make their own TV series.
Fubar Radio loses another comic...
Vikki Stone follows Richard Herring out the door
30/05/2014 … Vikki Stone has followed Richard Herring in quitting the subscription-only Fubar Radio.
Another TV exec joins Chortle conference
Dave commissioner now on panel
30/05/2014 … UKTV commissioning editor Iain Coyle has joined the broadcasting panel at the Chortle Conference.
A foot under the hammer
30/05/2014 … •'Whatever you say, any joke you make about the gay community, it's going to be misconstrued.
Lost Hitchhikers' Guide scenes discovered
Revealed in new Douglas Adams biography
30/05/2014 … Unseen work from Douglas Adams, including material cut from The Hitchhiker's Guide novels, are to be published in a new biography.
Retrial for The Man Who Sued God
Larry Charles set to remake Billy Connolly film
30/05/2014 … The Billy Connolly film The Man Who Sued God is set to be remade by Curb Your Enthusiasm and Borat director Larry Charles.