Thursday, 29 November 2012 - 11:34am
Writer Daniel Hobden has won Shortlist’s Sitcom Search competition prize.
Friday, 23 November 2012 - 12:26pm
The University of East Anglia is launching a major research project into the creativity in British comedy.
Monday, 19 November 2012 - 10:45am
Billy Connolly has vowed to keep working in live comedy for the rest of his life and described the idea of retirement as ‘obscene’ at an awards ceremony last night.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012 - 10:03am
Al Murray is backing a campaign to change leafleting laws to help struggling comedy clubs.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012 - 9:20am
Ricky Gervais has announced that he is set to host America’s Saturday Night Live comedy show some time next year.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 - 11:51am
Lucy Beaumont has won the coveted BBC Radio 2 New Comedy Award for 2012.
Thursday, 1 November 2012 - 1:52pm
Comedy promoter Mick Perrin is set to go global with the announcement of a new company aimed at bringing comedy to overseas markets.
Monday, 22 October 2012 - 3:01pm
LIVE FROM THE HIGH COURT: Comedian Frankie Boyle has won his High Court libel case against Mirror Group Newspapers.
Friday, 19 October 2012 - 9:09am
The Frankie Boyle libel lawsuit saw three key witnesses take to the stand yesterday as the Boyle team made their closing case against the Mirror Group Newspaper.
Thursday, 18 October 2012 - 8:55am
Josie Long has turned to crowd-sourcing to help fund her independent film Romance and Adventure.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 - 4:42pm
Comedian Frankie Boyle has claimed that racism is inherent in British Government policy as part of his testimony at the High Court today.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012 - 11:54am
Frankie Boyle is suing The Mirror newspaper for libel after the tabloid described the comedian as ‘racist’.
Tuesday, 9 October 2012 - 11:07am
The firm behind David Mitchell’s Soapbox, ChannelFlip, has landed itself a deal with YouTube to create new comedy in the UK.
Monday, 8 October 2012 - 10:42am
Dave channel is set to receive a marketing boost after the broadcaster’s owner UKTV revealed plans to ‘shift up a gear’ with a new publicity drive.
Sunday, 7 October 2012 - 1:25pm
Hugh Grant has apologised after calling comedian and Labour party activist Ayesha Hazarika ‘f**king arsehole’ at the party conference earlier this week.
Wednesday, 3 October 2012 - 9:51am
The great and the good of the comedy industry are descending on the Pleasance Theatre in Islington this Thursday for the third ever annual Comedy International Conference.
Monday, 1 October 2012 - 6:34pm
A host of comedians, comedy promoters and other industry professionals have been shortlisted in the Time Out Hospital Club Top 100 most influential & innovative people working in the Creative Industries.
Monday, 20 August 2012 - 9:00am
The weekend's news, as we enter the last week of the Fringe...
Friday, 17 August 2012 - 10:30am
This Underbelly versus The Stand row is going to run and run, isn't it? Fetch the popcorn...
