Terry Gilliam: Python reunion is 'depressing'
'I hope the shows will be cancelled'
14/05/2014 … Terry Gilliam has admitted that he finds the Monty Python reunion 'depressing' – and admits the team have 'sold out' with their farewell gigs.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Wed 14 May 2014
Two And A Half Men to end
14/05/2014 … Two And A Half Men is to end after 11 years.
Cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton dies
Backed by comics, his campaign raised £3.2million
14/05/2014 … Stephen Sutton, the teenage cancer patient who raised £3.
Frank Skinner wins radio prize
14/05/2014 … FRANK SKINNER has won the Radio Academy Award for best speech programme for his Absolute Radio show.
Andrew Maxwell to host global stand-up show
Unique experiment for BBC radio
14/05/2014 … Andrew Maxwell is set to host a new radio stand-up show featuring comedians from around the world – with a twist.
Sitcom cancelled over Paul O'Grady's health
Co-star Cilla says: 'It was too much of a risk'
14/05/2014 … Cilla Black's planned sitcom was scrapped because of co-star Paul O'Grady's health problems, the star has revealed.
© BBC/Happy Tramp Productions BBC orders Kayvan Novak sitcom
14/05/2014 … Kayvan Novak and Bradley Walsh are to co-star in a new six-part BBC One sitcom called Woody.
Tue 13 May 2014
Alexei Sayle to give keynote speech
Veteran opens conference full of advice for comics, new and old
13/05/2014 … Alexei Sayle is to be the opening keynote speaker at this year's Chortle Conference.