Stuff your job!
Ricky rejects role in Office USA
25/01/2005 … Ricky Gervais has revealed that he was offered the lead role in the American remake of The Office.
2005 Archives
Tue 25 January 2005
Mon 24 January 2005
The show must go on
24/01/2005 … Comics are planning to shatter the world record for the longest ever stand-up show – with a 36-hour marathon.
On the Rockies road
Aspen festival line-up revealed
24/01/2005 … Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee and Adam Hills are to appear the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen next month.
Five's funnies
Best new sitcom ideas revealed
24/01/2005 … New comedies by The Office’s Mackenzie Crook, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and Garth Marenghi creator Matt Holness are all being considered by Channel…
Comedy on the council
24/01/2005 … A London council is subsidising people to go and watch comedy.
Sun 23 January 2005
Tate's in the States
23/01/2005 … Catherine Tate makes her American TV debut tonight – and critics are already hailing her as the next Tracey Ullman.
Glasgow-ho-ho
City launches third comedy fest
23/01/2005 … The full line-up of this year’s Glasgow Comedy Festival has been unveiled today, with Joan Rivers, Jack Dee, Paul Merton and Jimmy Carr among the line-up.
Sat 22 January 2005