The Alberts clown Tony Gray dies at 86
Influence on Milligan and the Bonzos
17/04/2014 … Tony Gray, one of Britain’s more eccentric and best-known clowns of the Fifties and Sixties, has died at the age of 86.
2014 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 17 April 2014
Wed 16 April 2014
© Eva Rinaldi Will Ferrell tipped for Jesse Armstrong comedy
16/04/2014 … PEEP SHOW and Fresh Meat co-creator Jesse Armstrong is writing a Hollywood comedy about two hapless guards patrolling the US-Mexico border.
Ross Noble rides again
Freewheeling gets a second series
16/04/2014 … Ross Noble is to make a second series of his Freewheeling show for Dave.
BBC to release new sitcom all at once
iPlayer first for Jonah From Tonga
16/04/2014 … The entire series of Chris Lilley’s new sitcom Jonah From Tonga will be released at once on the BBC iPlayer.
Frankie Boyle in sitcom read-through
Comedy set on a wildlife documentary shoot
16/04/2014 … Frankie Boyle is leading a cast of comics in a new sitcom in development.
And your next act is... dead
Aspiring comic takes to the stage - in an urn
16/04/2014 … An aspiring comedian has finally fulfilled his wish to appear on a comedy club stage – but four months after he died.
Mon 14 April 2014
Tate Modern to host comedy show
Stand-up tour of landmark gallery
14/04/2014 … Tate Modern is to become a comedy venue.
John Bishop's Australian adventure
14/04/2014 … John Bishop has got on his bike to film a BBC One travelogue show about Australia.