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Sky 1 orders apocalyptic comedy-drama
08/01/2015 … Sky 1 has ordered a new comedy-drama about the end of the world.
2015 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 08 January 2015
Wed 07 January 2015
The Interview gets a UK release
07/01/2015 … THE INTERVIEW – the Seth Rogen and James Franco action comedy that triggered the North Korean-backed cyberattack on Sony Pictures – is to be released in UK cinemas…
Comics in line for radio drama award
07/01/2015 … Marcus Brigstocke,John Finnemore and Ruth Bratt and Lucy Trodd are in the running for a BBC radio award.
Maxine Peake to play a 1970s stand-up
New film based on the Northern club circuit
07/01/2015 … Maxine Peake and Martin Freeman are set to star in a 'hard-hitting' film about a female comic trying to make it on the 1970s northern club circuit.
Bad Education 'set to be a movie'
Michael Whitehall reveals his son's film ambitions
07/01/2015 … Jack Whitehall is poised to make a movie version of his BBC comedy Bad Education.
Comic attacked on stage with a baseball bat
Suspect an offensive open-spot he'd banned
07/01/2015 … A comedian has been attacked on stage with a baseball bat – reportedly by an open-mic comic he would not allow on stage.
Tue 06 January 2015
Impractical Jokers switch channels
Gimp Fight make a pilot for Comedy Central
06/01/2015 … Comedy Central is poised to take hidden camera show Impractical Jokers from the BBC – with Late Night Gimp Fight as the stars.
Cosby accusers seek their day in court
06/01/2015 … Two women who accuse Bill Cosby of sex offences in the 1970s have joined a legal action against the star.