The comic behind Boris
Johnson recruits stand-up as scriptwriter
04/02/2008 … Boris Johnson has hired an open-spot stand-up to help write his speeches during his bid to become London major.
Mon 04 February 2008
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04/02/2008 … ARMY lieutenant Nina Soderquist will be the next Lady Of The Lake in the London version of Monty Python's Spamalot, after winning Swedish reality TV show West End…
Pacino to play Sellers?
04/02/2008 … Al Pacino could play Peter Sellers in a new West End play about the comedian’s last days.
Arrested Development redeveloped
04/02/2008 … Plans are under way for a movie version of the much-praised US sitcom Arrested Development.
© BBC Silly walk unites nations
British comedy crosses cultural divide
04/02/2008 … A TV channel that broadcasts across France and Germany has found that only British comedies and appeals to both audiences.
Sun 03 February 2008
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Steve Bennett takes a trip to the Catskill mountains
03/02/2008 … “I always sit in the back of planes,” jokes the slick, suited comedian on stage.
Reality bites...
Brits in NBC's Last Comic Standing
03/02/2008 … Several British stand-ups have got through to the semi-finals of American reality programme Last Comic Standing.
The heat is on
03/02/2008 … The line-ups have been announced for all the heats of Chortle's Student Comedy Award, which kicks off in Newcastle on Thursday.