All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Glasgow sitcom's stage run ruled out of theatre awards
14/05/2015 … It is one of Scotland's biggest comedy successes, but last year's mammoth stage run of Still Game has been ruled out of a major theatre award – for not being…
Voice of Mr Burns, Smithers and Flanders
14/05/2015 … Harry Shearer has quit The Simpsons after 26 seasons.
Feeds for Liam Williams, Dane Baptiste, Greg James etc
13/05/2015 … Six new comedy pilots are to be launched on BBC iPlayer, featuring the likes of Dane Baptiste, Liam Williams, Claudia O'Doherty, Miranda's Sarah Hadland and Funz…
Objective's head of comedy Ben Caudell moves after 6 months
13/05/2015 … Channel 4 has appointed Ben Caudell, currently head of comedy at Objective Productions, as head of entertainment.
...and performing 12 different solo shows in London instead
13/05/2015 … Richard Herring has confirmed his plans to skip Edinburgh this year and instead perform 12 different hour-long shows in London.
Comics to spend the night in a haunted house
13/05/2015 … It sounds like the premise for a B-movie… but a group of comedians are to spend the night in a haunted house.
Scotland to get its own topical comedy panel show
12/05/2015 … Scotland is to get a topical news quiz billed as its own version of Have I Got News For You.
Saturday Night Live in new plagiarism row
12/05/2015 … Legendary American sketch show Saturday Night Live has been accused of plagiarising a joke about depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
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