March 2016
The total amount of money that Eddie Izzard has raised for Sport Relief this year now stands at £2,107,796.
Following the screening of Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man For Sport Relief on BBC2 last night another £300,000 was donated.
Simon Day is to star in the BBC's remake of Till Death Us Do Part.
The Fast Show star will play the comedy bigot Alf Garnett, made famous by Warren Mitchell, as part of the BBC's 60th anniversary sitcom season. Yesterday it slipped out that Kevin Bishop would star in a Porridge update.
Comedian/actor Kevin Bishop is to take on the lead role in a modern remake of prison sitcom Porridge, which originally starred Ronnie Barker as repeat offender Norman Stanley Fletcher.
The casting has not been officially announced yet but Bishop posted a picture on Instagram this morning of a courtroom scene with the comment "Big Day!!" and the hashtags of 'Porridge' and 'Fletch'.
Joe Lycett has explained how he dealt with someone who sent him an email saying that he didn't like him.
Talking on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown the playful Birmingham comedian told the story about a man who "for legal reasons we are going to call Brian." Brian wrote to Lycett at 3am saying that he preferred Jimmy Carr and that Lycett should "find another job. You’re a dick."
Peep Show may be no more, but Superhans lives on.
The serial hedonist is all set to tour this summer. Matt King, the comedian who plays the character tweeted: "So I'm gonna be DJing as Superhans this summer. Watch out for me at festivals, Ibiza, small pubs. Choonz & jokes innit."
This is good news. In the last episode of Peep Show, which aired on C4 at the end of 2015, Superhans had said that he planned to head to Macedonia to set up a moped rental business.
The line-up of the final of this year's We Got Tickets Musical Comedy Awards has been confirmed.
The six acts will appear together at the Udderbelly in London on April 9.
The host on the night will be previous finalist Tina Turner Tea Lady.
The finalists are...
Four Femmes
Hannah Brackenbury
Making Faces
Micky P Kerr
Uke's Not Dead
Jon Long
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The Comedy Research Group has launched a special survey to find out more about what comedy fans think about live comedy and comedy festivals. In recent years the festival scene has boomed, with events being established in a number of major cities and music events regularly featuring comedy tents.
Russell Kane has spoken out about people making jokes about his real age.
Veteran comedian John Dowie is writing his autobiography and is hoping to finance it via crowdfunding.
The finalists have been confirmed for the first-ever Sketch-Off competition.
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