All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mind hails shows that challenge perceptions
18/09/2015 … Shows involving Paul Whitehouse, Jason Manford, Robin Ince and Helen Keen have been shortlisted for a Mind award for the best representation of mental health issues.
© BBC 18/09/2015 … • Reading a Spiderman comic book is always going to demand a certain suspension of disbelief, but this could be a step too far – Malcolm Tucker on a bus?! In…
18/09/2015 … JEREMY CLARKSON is to host the first episode of Have I Got News For You when it returns for a new series on October 2.
$1m prize for British ventriloquist
17/09/2015 … Paul Zerdin has won America's Got Talent – and its $1million prize.
© Comedy Central Claims of twin towers escape could hit his career
17/09/2015 … An American comedian has been exposed for lying about escaping the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre.
© BBC Victor Meldrew's back for a stage show
17/09/2015 … Victor Meldrew is to be revived for a stage show.
17/09/2015 … AMERICAN comic Hannibal Buress is to perform a one-off stand-up show in London.
© VTscapes/Tom E. Canavan/Creative Commons 17/09/2015 … Eric Idle has written a new novel, which will be released as a e-book next month.
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