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It's still Britain's favourite radio comedy
13/03/2006 … The Goon Show remains the most popular radio comedy ever, more than half a century after it first aired.
2006 Archives
Mon 13 March 2006
Two on 2
Radio break for Deering and Howard
13/03/2006 … Stand-ups Rob Deering, below right, and Russell Howard, above, have landed their own Radio 2 comedy show.
Given Arthur chance...
R4 gives Sir Arthur a second series
13/03/2006 … Radio 4 has commissioned a second series of Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show.
Sat 11 March 2006
MTV forgives Brand
Wayward comic gets a second chance
11/03/2006 … Russell Brand is returning to MTV, four years after being sacked for his junkie lifestyle.
Men are ruining comedy
Weir wants more female TV execs
11/03/2006 … Arabella Weir says TV comedy is rubbish – because too much of it is commissioned by men.
Thu 09 March 2006
The two of us
Comedy duos to examine friendship
09/03/2006 … Five comedy partnership have created a series of short Radio 4 pieces about the nature of friendship.
Feline threatened
Bill Bailey helps save the jaguar
09/03/2006 … Bill Bailey has spent two weeks with the ‘jaguar people’ of Brazil for a new Sky One documentary.
Sadowitz price row
Gigs cancelled over ticket demands
09/03/2006 … Two comedy clubs have pulled gigs by Jerry Sadowitz – because he demanded ticket prices be more than doubled.