Mourning the sitcom
C4 to examine the death of a genre
09/05/2005 … Former ITV executive David Liddiment is to front a 90-minute Channel 4 documentary examining the crisis in sitcoms.
2005 Archives
Mon 09 May 2005
Jerry cleared
TV watchdogs reject 16,000 complaints
09/05/2005 … Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has published its ruling on the controversial TV screening of Jerry Springer: The Opera – and found in favour of the BBC.
Sun 08 May 2005
Comedy gold
Brits sweep the Rose d'Or board
08/05/2005 … British comedies have swept the board at the prestigious Rose d'Or international television festival.
Sat 07 May 2005
Men on the moon
07/05/2005 … Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci are planning a futuristic sitcom set on a British moon base.
Fri 06 May 2005
I hate Spam, a lot
06/05/2005 … Former Python Terry Jones has slammed the Broadway production of Spamalot as “utterly pointless”.
Thu 05 May 2005
He will, he will rock you
05/05/2005 … Peter Kay hijacked a comeback gig from rockers Queen last night to lead a singalong of chart-topper Is This the Way To Amarillo? The comic took to the stage of…
Wed 04 May 2005
The Cat's out the bag
Kilkenny festival line-up revealed
04/05/2005 … Kilkenny’s Cat Laughs comedy festival has announced this year’s line-up.
The 27-hour strip
Every Comic Strip... show released on DVD
04/05/2005 … All 39 episodes of the pioneering Comic Strip Presents… TV show are to be released on a nine-disc DVD set in July.