Doubled up
Wood & Walters comedy awards honour
08/12/2005 … Victoria Wood and Julie Walters are to receive the British Comedy Award for Outstanding Contribution to Comedy next week.
2005 Archives
Thu 08 December 2005
Back of the net!
08/12/2005 … Steve Coogan has created a new comedy character ready to hit screens next year.
Wed 07 December 2005
Go to hell!
Stewart Lee heckled by Christian protesters
07/12/2005 … Stewart Lee has been publically barracked by Christian protesters over his role in Jerry Springer The Opera.
Gout of action
Vegas laid up with joints condition
07/12/2005 … Johnny Vegas was forced to cancel an appearance in Manchester last night following an attack of gout.
Tue 06 December 2005
Evans above
Lee shifts 130,000 DVDs in a week
06/12/2005 … Lee Evans’s new DVD has become the second fastest-selling stand-up title ever.
Comedy on ice
06/12/2005 … BBC Two is planning a new comedy series based around the competitive world of amateur ice-skating.
Mon 05 December 2005
Who rates all the pies?
05/12/2005 … Sales of pies are soaring – and it’s all being credited to Peter Kay.
Dara turns back time
O'Briain to host chat show pilot
05/12/2005 … Dara O'Briain is to front a new BBC Two comedy chat show in which celebrity guests relive their past.