Noel Fielding announces tour
23 dates for the autumn... so far
02/03/2014 … Noel Fielding has announced a 23-date tour for the autumn – with more to come.
Latest News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sun 02 March 2014
'Let people tell their jokes'
Nigel Farage defends 'offensive' UKIP comedian
02/03/2014 … Nigel Farage has stood by a comedian who cracked a string of gags targeting foreigners at a UKIP event.
Sat 01 March 2014
Simon Evans fronts R4 economics show
01/03/2014 … STAND-UP Simon Evans is to present a four-part Radio 4 series making economics funny, Simon Evans Goes To Market.
George Lopez arrested for drunkenness
After passing out on casino floor
01/03/2014 … American stand-up George Lopez has been arrested for public intoxication after apparently passing out on a casino floor in Canada.
Charlie Brooker's Babywipe
01/03/2014 … Charlie Brooker has become a father for the second time.
Fri 28 February 2014
Dramatic turns
New BBC shows for Walliams, Henry and Pemberton
28/02/2014 … David Walliams and Lenny Henry are to star in new BBC One dramas – as Inside No 9’s Steve Pemberton adapts the Mapp and Lucia novels.
Michelle Obama to appear in Parks & Rec
28/02/2014 … Michelle Obama is to appear in an episode of Parks and Recreation.
'Go crazy but try to cover your genitals'
28/02/2014 … •'Stand-up is psychologically all-consuming.