Shooting starts on Matt Lucas's Pompidou
First silent comedy series in 20 years
17/06/2014 … Shooting has begun on Pompidou, a new prime-time visual comedy series created by and starring Matt Lucas.
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Tue 17 June 2014
Top comics nominated for Rose D'Or
Including Christie, Wrigglesworth, Hardy - and Lemon
17/06/2014 … Bridget Christie, Tom Wrigglesworth and Jeremy Hardy have all been nominated for prestigious Rose D'Or international broadcasting awards.
Tragic comedy promoter commemorated
Award honours fundraiser who died in Arctic
17/06/2014 … The comedy promoter who died on an Arctic expedition last year is to be commemorated with an charity prize named in his honour.
Council: We're up for erecting a Rik Mayall bench
Fans' campaign gets official backing
17/06/2014 … The council being lobbied to erect a bench in Rik Mayall’s honour has said that it would be open to the idea.
Mon 16 June 2014
Comedy Central can't stop swearing...
Another Ofcom rap over Sex And The City
16/06/2014 … Comedy Central has been put on notice by broadcast regulator Ofcom after repeatedly airing the f-word before the 9pm watershed.
When club owners clash...
Frustrations flare at Chortle conference
16/06/2014 … Tensions flared at the Chortle conference when rival comedy club owners challenged Jongleurs boss Marios Lourides over his business practices.
Ban this 'gay bestiality propaganda'
Campaign to shut down comedy show
16/06/2014 … Animal rights campaigners are trying to shut down a comedy show titled Sex With Animals claiming it is nothing more than 'gay bestiality propaganda'.
In honour of Rik's Bottom
16/06/2014 … Campaigners want to honour Rik Mayall with a memorial bench on the spot where the opening credits of Bottom were filmed.