Comedy Showdown
01/01/2006 … Take a really ill-judged idea for a show – a kind of comedy penalty shoot-out – then stage it without much thought to how, exactly, it would work.
2006 Archives
Sun 01 January 2006
Sat 24 December 2005
A vintage whine
West End run for Grumpy Old Women
24/12/2005 … Jenny Eclair’s Grumpy Old Women show is to open in London’s West End.
Thu 22 December 2005
Silents in volumes
Merton to write silent comedy book
22/12/2005 … Paul Merton is to write a new book on his passion, silent comedies.
Tue 20 December 2005
First the the Last
BBC sitcom writing winner announced
20/12/2005 … First-time screenwriter James Donohue has been announced as the winner of BBC Three’s sitcom writing competition The Last Laugh.
Goody turns ugly
20/12/2005 … Big Brother star Jade Goody was thrown out of the Comedy Store last night after demanding free entry because of her celebrity.
'Thick' leads Bafta race
20/12/2005 … The shortlist for this year’s Baftas have been released – with The Thick Of It leading the comedy field.
After Darkplace
C4 orders Garth Marenghi spin-off
20/12/2005 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new series from the creators of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.