Reg D Hunter investigates blackface
08/12/2014 … Reginald D Hunter is to investigate blackface and minstrel shows for a BBC Two documentary about the music of the American South.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 08 December 2014
Good comedians die young
...according to new academic research
08/12/2014 … The funniest comedians are more likely to die young, according to a new scientific paper.
Australian comic Stella Young dies
Disability campaigner was just 32
08/12/2014 … Australian comedian Stella Young has died unexpectedly at the age of 32.
New Chris Morris sketch 'not ready yet'
08/12/2014 … Chris Morris’s new sketch failed to make an appearance yesterday – because it wasn’t ready in time.
Sun 07 December 2014
Monsters still rule...
Lee Evans hold onto No1 DVD slot
07/12/2014 … Lee Evans has maintained his position at that top of the stand-up DVD chart for the third week running.
Rhod Gilbert takes on Kilimanjaro
07/12/2014 … The comedy week ahead…TodayLIVE IN LONDON: As probably not recommended by the Daily Express, Coming Over Here, Laughing At Our Jokes is a celebration of the movement…
Sat 06 December 2014
Rivers up for posthumous Grammy
Nominated for spoken word album
06/12/2014 … Joan Rivers is in the running for a posthumous Grammy Award.
Fri 05 December 2014
Another Radio 4 series for Susan Calman
05/12/2014 … RADIO 4 has commissioned a third series of Susan Calman Is Convicted, her stand-up show about subjects on which she has strong opinions.