Y Viva Espana
25/08/2006 … ITV has ordered its first new sitcom in three years.
2006 Archives
Fri 25 August 2006
Thu 24 August 2006
Wes is best
24/08/2006 … New stand-up Wes Packer has won the So You Think You’re Funny? talent competition at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Wed 23 August 2006
Too hot for radio?
BBC shelves 'tasteless' sketch show
23/08/2006 … A Scottish radio comedy series has been shelved by the BBC amid ‘anxieties over taste and decency’.
Most amoose-ing
23/08/2006 … New comedian Arnab Chanda has beaten more than 500 rivals to win the Laugh-Off award run by London’s Amused Moose comedy award.
Big Mouth silenced
23/08/2006 … Russell Brand has cancelled some of his shows at the Edinburgh Fringe due to severe laryngitis.
A Peep into celebrity
23/08/2006 … The makers of Peep Show have written a new six-part series about the world of celebrity.
Tue 22 August 2006
Amstell lands Buzzcocks gig
Simon to be pop quiz's permanent host
22/08/2006 … Simon Amstell is to be the new host of Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Chortle can reveal.