Comedy college
Hunt for best student comic begins
16/01/2005 … Chortle’s hunt for the best student comic in Britain kicks off this weekend.
2005 Archives
Sun 16 January 2005
Hicks brought to book
Friend writes 'definitve biography'
16/01/2005 … Bill Hicks’s lifelong friend has written what he claims is the definitive biography of the stand-up legend.
Oi Enfield, No!
16/01/2005 … A TV advert featuring Harry Enfield goading Winston Churchill as a ‘porky prime minister’ has been banned.
A good laugh
DVD to raise £1m for tsunami aid
16/01/2005 … Some of the top names in comedy are donating footage for a new DVD expected to raise more than £1million for the tsunami appeal.
Well connected
BBC's new comedy documentaries
16/01/2005 … The BBC is to air another series of Comedy Connections next month.
Fri 14 January 2005
Benefits galore
More aid for tsunami survivors
14/01/2005 … Jimmy Carr, Mackenzie Crook, pictured, and Jeremy Hardy are all taking part in the biggest comedy benefit so far announced for the victims of the tsunami disaster.
Bad news, Johnny
14/01/2005 … ITV1 sitcom Dead Man Weds has lost 700,000 viewers in its first week on air.
Borat? He's a riot
14/01/2005 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen has been accused of almost staring a riot at an American rodeo.