Curtis's 'Boat' sets sail
Filming starts on pirate radio comedy
04/03/2008 … Love Actually writer Richard Curtis has started shooting his latest film – his first that’s not a romantic comedy.
2008 Archives
Tue 04 March 2008
ITV calls on Mumbai sitcom
Full series for call-centre comedy
04/03/2008 … ITV1 is planning a full series of the Sanjeev Bhaskar sitcom Mumbai Calling.
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04/03/2008 … ONE-LINE merchant Johnny Armstrong won the Manchester heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award at XS Malarkey on Monday night.
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04/03/2008 … TOMMY TIERNAN's first stand-up special is due to air in America next Friday, on Comedy Central.
Mon 03 March 2008
Praise be to Bob!
Michael Monkhouse pays tribute to his namesake
03/03/2008 … It's no fun being called Monkhouse.
He put the 'strip' in The Comic Strip
03/03/2008 … Paul Raymond, the porn baron whose helped the alternative comedy scene flourish in the early Eighties, has died aged 82.
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03/03/2008 … JON BRITTAIN, a third-year University of East Anglia drama student, won the Sheffield heat of Chortle's Student Comedy Award on Sunday night.
Peep Show vs Thick Of It
03/03/2008 … Peep Show and The Thick Of It dominate the comedy shortlists for the Royal Television Society Awards, announced today.