Gilligan's Island Professor dies
War hero Russell Johnson was 89
16/01/2014 … Russell Johnson, who played The Professor in the classic American sitcom Gilligan’s Island has died at age of 89.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 16 January 2014
How nurses don't get humour
- and why that could affect healthcare
16/01/2014 … Nurses are failing to use humour – or even recognise when their own patients are using it – even though it means they are missing vital ways to communicate,…
Cancer claims Roger Lloyd Pack
Star of Only Fools and Vicar Of Dibley was 69
16/01/2014 … Roger Lloyd Pack, best known for his role as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 69.
'Anchorman as an astronaut'
New sitcom pilot for Will Ferrell
16/01/2014 … Will Ferrell is set to make a new sitcom, pitched as ‘Anchorman as an astronaut’.
Sitcom apologises after racism storm
How I Met Your Mother writers 'feel terrible about it'
16/01/2014 … Writers of American sitcom How I Met Your Mother have apologised after being accused of racism.
You don't have to be mad to work in comedy
...but it helps, researchers find
16/01/2014 … Comedians tend to have personality types linked with psychosis, new research has found.
Wed 15 January 2014
Glasgow unveils its comedy festival
15/01/2014 … The Glasgow International Comedy Festival has officially announced its 2014 line-up, with 416 shows taking place at 46 venues from March 14 to April 5.
Red Dwarf series 11 'being written now'
...star Danny John-Jules reveals
15/01/2014 … Doug Naylor is writing a new series of Red Dwarf, star Danny John-Jules has revealed.