2008 Archives
Tue 11 March 2008
bigchill11
11/03/2008 … THE MIGHTY BOOSH and Bill Bailey have been confirmed for the Big Chill festival in Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, in August.
Life of a comic, Hogwarts and all...
JK Rowling plans stand-up novel
11/03/2008 … Harry Potter author JK Rowling says she has long wanted to write a novel about a stand-up.
Doubled up with laughter
11/03/2008 … Here’s another chance to fill a couple of gaps in your comedy DVD collection.
Mon 10 March 2008
Where there's a Willbond...
Ben's long wait for his TV break
10/03/2008 … Success at the Edinburgh Fringe is often seen as a passport to instant TV fame.
Vegas's marriage ends
Comic blames wife's 'irrational behaviout'
10/03/2008 … Johnny Vegas’s divorce was finalised in London’s High Court today.
Guten tag, guten tag to Allo Allo
10/03/2008 … German TV audiences are to see 'Allo 'Allo for the first time, after the BBC sold all 83 episodes to a satellite broadcaster.
Sun 09 March 2008
Cursed? Not them
Writers deny 'tears of a clown' myth
09/03/2008 … Veteran comedy writers Alan Galton and Ray Simpson have poured scorn on the idea that great comedians must be ‘cursed’ with turbulent private lives.