Saturday 29th December 2012
Prolific comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours List 2013.
Monday 3rd December 2012
Frankie Boyle and X Factor finalist James Arthur have exchanged very strong words on Twitter after the comedian joked about the singer's looks.
Monday 19th November 2012
Channel 4 have appointed Phil Clarke - Head of Comedy at Peep Show makers Objective Productions - to oversee its comedy department.
Wednesday 7th November 2012
Dad's Army star Clive Dunn, who played Lance Corpoal Jones in the long-running sitcom, has died at the age of 92.
Friday 2nd November 2012
American network HBO has ordered an 8-part series of Hello Ladies, a sitcom in which Stephen Merchant will play an awkward version of himself.
Tuesday 9th October 2012
Just Lee Collins, former co-presenter of comedy format The Sunday Night Project, has been found guilty of harassing then-girlfriend Anna Larke in 2011.
Friday 5th October 2012
Welsh actor and stand-up comic Rob Brydon is to write and star in his own pilot for American TV network HBO.
Thursday 20th September 2012
Prolific comedy and entertainment producer Michael Hurll, the creator of The British Comedy Awards and with credits including The Two Ronnies, has died at the age of 75.
Friday 7th September 2012
Peter Kay and Tim Minchin have been listed in the latest edition of the Guinness Book of Records. Kay for selling the most stand-up tour tickets.
Saturday 1st September 2012
Veteran comic and entertainer Max Bygraves has died at the age of 89, it has been confirmed.
