Comedy fan injured by falling speaker
Woman knocked out in club accident A woman was rushed to hospital after a loudspeaker fell on her head at a comedy club. The punter at Arizona’s Stand Up Scottsdale was knocked out when the club’s...
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C4 orders third series of Fresh Meat Fresh Meat is to return for a third series, star Jack Whitehall has revealed. In an interview to plug his new stand-up DVD, he said: ‘We've just had a third series...
View ArticleHarry Hill goes dark
Show cancelled by blackout Harry Hill had to cancel a gig last night after a massive power cut hit the town of Newbury. He was due to perform a warm-up gig for his 2013 Sausage Time tour in the town’s...
View ArticleCardinal Burns vs Hunderby
Broadcast nominees announced Cardinal Burns and Hunderby have both been nominated for two categories in this year’s Broadcast Awards. Both the E4 sketch show and Julia Davis’s Sky Atlantic period...
View ArticleComedy needs variety
Julia Davis calls on TV execs to be less conservative Julia Davis has called on TV executives to be bolder in commissioning a wider variety of comedy shows. In an interview with Metro to promote the...
View ArticleNew Stephen Merchant film trailer out
Preview of I Give It A Year The first trailer has been released for I Give It A Year – a new Britcom starring Rafe Spall and Stephen Merchant. The film is said to pick up where other romantic comedies...
View ArticleDoes this dish taste funny?
Comics to appear on Come Dine With Me Angelos Epithemiou and Stan Boardman are to appear in a special edition of Come Dine With Me in the new year. The pair will each host a dinner part alongside...
View ArticleCop collars Lee Nelson
Lee Nelson was restrained by a police community support officer after a stunt to promote his new stand-up DVD got out of hand. The comic creation of Simon Brodkin pretended to shoplift one his discs...
View ArticleOffensive sketch causes offence
C4's Full English outrages Daily Mail C4 If there was ever a comedy scene designed to incense the tabloid press, it would be a sketch in which the ghosts of Princess Diana and Jade Goody got involved...
View ArticleTo die for...
Inbetweeners star finds comedy in suicide Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison is set to court controversy with a dark new BBC Three comedy about assisted suicides. Harrison, who plays Neil in the Channel...
View ArticleSláinte!
Cheers to be remade... in Irish Cheers is to be remade in the Irish language. Dublin-based production company Sideline has signed a deal with CBS to remake the hit Eighties sitcom for the...
View ArticleJack Whitehall to play Princess Di
As Sky's Psychobitches returns Jack Whitehall is to play Princess Diana in a potentially controversial Sky series. The Fresh Meat comic will be playing the tragic royal in a series of Psychobitches,...
View ArticleTalk about political Mandarins...
Chinese PM's wife worked on Yes Minister China’s new Prime Minister could be learning how to deal with obstructive civil servants from Yes Minister – thanks to his wife. Li Keqiang, due to become...
View ArticleEd Byrne and Lee Nelson to tour
2013 another busy year for stand-up Ed Byrne and Lee Nelson have announced tours for 2013. Tickets for both went on sale today, adding to another busy year for comedy tours. Reginald D Hunter,...
View ArticleNot Going Out to tour?
Lee Mack in talks BBC Lee Mack could be about to put Not Going Out on to the stage. He reckons his BBC One sitcom could easily be translated for the theatre – and has entered talks about taking it on...
View ArticleGilbert goes to Hollywood
US sitcom pilot for Morgana character Morgana Robinson is piloting an American sitcom, based around her awkward teenage boy character, Gilbert. The Very Important People star revealed she was working...
View ArticleEpisodes up for Golden Globes
Nominees announced Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes is up for two Golden Globe awards. The BBC-Showtime co-production, about the problems of adapting a hit British comedy for the US market, is up for best...
View ArticleThreemendous!
Comedy Central's Threesome wins international prize Comedy Central show Threesome has won the Montreux Comedy Award for best sitcom. The show, about three friends bringing up a baby, won ahead of...
View ArticleSarah Silverman to make a UK comeback
First gig here in four years The box office has just opened for Sarah Silverman's first London date in four years. Her show at the Bloomsbury Theatre in February will be her first UK date since she...
View Article2m see British Comedy Awards
Solid ratings for C4 Two million people tuned in to the British Comedy Awards last night, slightly up on last year’s event. According to overnight figures, the live ceremony averaged 1.84million...
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