C4 comedy chief quits
Leddy takes redundancy after 11 years
28/10/2008 … Caroline Leddy, the Channel 4 head of comedy responsible for commissioning Smack the Pony, Green Wing and the Brass Eye paedophile special, is to quit her job after…
2008 Archives
Tue 28 October 2008
Mon 27 October 2008
Another comedy contest launches
27/10/2008 … Freesheet thelondonpaper has launched a hunt for the capital's ‘next big comedy talent’ – but with no cash prize at stake.
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27/10/2008 … ALAN CARR is reportedly in line to appear on this year's Celebrity Apprentice.
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27/10/2008 … ANGLO-CHINESE comic Eddie Hoo won the City Life Comedian Of The Year title in Manchester's Comedy Store last night, with Ben Davis second and Lee Fenwick as unemployed…
Rod Shepherd – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Rod Shepherd, Conspiracy Theorist, is a nice idea in the vein of Simon Munnery’s Alan Parker Urban Warrior – but not yet as sharp or bitingly concise.
Gareth Urwin – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Most of geeky newbie Gareth Urwin’s set involved a tortured extended metaphor comparing himself – and specifically his ill-fated schoolboy attempts at football…
Mick McGrath – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Man-in-black Mick McGrath has a set that rambles all over the shop.
Joe Lycett – Original Review
27/10/2008 … Aged just 20, newcomer Joe Lycett has a very relaxed confidence on stage, alternately lolloping around like it was his natural environment, or leaning nonchalantly…