Joke Thieves heading for TV
BBC Two working on stand-up format
05/08/2014 … Stand-up format Joke Thieves is being recorded for BBC Two.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 05 August 2014
Mon 04 August 2014
Big Bang Theory stars go back to work
$1m-an-episode pay dispute settled
04/08/2014 … Production is set to resume on The Big Bang Theory after three of its key stars settled their pay disputes.
'Racist Joke Show' axed from the Fringe
04/08/2014 … The controversial Racist Joke Show has been pulled from the Edinburgh Fringe.
BBC Two orders whodunit comedy
04/08/2014 … BBC Two has ordered a whodunnit comedy set at a stag do in Scotland.
Labour needs more jokers
...says one standing for its NEC
04/08/2014 … Comedian Crispin Flintoff, who runs the nationwide Stand Up For Labour fundraisers, has won a place on the ballot to join the party's National Executive Committee.
Sat 02 August 2014
Fri 01 August 2014
Benidorm's Kenny Ireland dies
01/08/2014 … KENNY IRELAND, who played swinger Donald Stewart in Benidorm, has died at the age of 68, following a battle with cancer.
Boosh rejected movie offer
01/08/2014 … • The Mighty Boosh could have starred in a film written by Austin Powers star Mike Myers – but Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt rejected him point-blank.