All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC/Talkback Thames/Brian J Ritchie QI airs paedophile limerick before Jimmy Savile report
29/08/2013 … QI has escaped censure from the BBC’s governing body for a limerick about paedophilia – which aired minutes before a Newsnight report on the Jimmy Savile scandal.
From Marc Maron and Kathleen Madigan
29/08/2013 … Netflix has commissioned stand-up specials from comics Marc Maron and Kathleen Madigan to go out on its on-demand service.
US comic 'hooked on prescription drugs'
28/08/2013 … American comic John Pinette has reportedly checked into rehab after becoming addicted to prescription medication.
28/08/2013 … Andrew Maxwell and Tom Wrigglesworth are to record new shows for Radio 4.
CERN lab becomes a comedy club
28/08/2013 … Particle physics lab CERN is to become a comedy club.
...but Tim Minchin did a great job
27/08/2013 … Bill Bailey has revealed that he was asked to write the Matilda musical – but turned it down.
Voiceless comic cancels shows after contracting pneumonia
27/08/2013 … Lee Ridley, the comic known as Lost Voice Guy, had to cancel his last ten days of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe after contracting pneumonia.
27/08/2013 … UNIQUE memorabilia from the cult Channel 4 comedy Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace are to be auctioned off next month for charity.
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