All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Announced as Underbelly launch their programme
12/05/2014 … QI creator John Lloyd is to return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a live version of his radio show Museum of Curiosity – one of the new shows revealed as Underbelly…
London honour on his 90th birthday
12/05/2014 … Tony Hancock has been honoured with a blue plaque outside his former London home on what would have been his 90th birthday.
Clive Anderson to host live Fringe version
11/05/2014 … Whose Line Is It Anyway? is returning as a live show at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Including a Madness sitcom and an early version of Borat
11/05/2014 … Obscure comedy gems - including a sitcom starring Madness and Sacha Baron Cohen's first incarnation of Borat - are to get a rare airing on BBC Two tonight.
Jack Dee reveals his childhood humiliation
11/05/2014 … Jack Dee has revealed how he was plagued for years after a headteacher branded him ‘thick’ in front of his entire school.
© DAN KENNEDY 2010 - KELLY BROOK FOR LG NBC orders six episodes of One Big Happy
10/05/2014 … Kelly Brook’s American sitcom has been picked up for a series.
One-off referendum revue from the Fringe
10/05/2014 … BBC Two's flagship current affairs programme is to consider the epoch-defining Scottish referendum – with a comedy revue.
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