Armando's Loop gets Sundance premiere
Satire to debut at next month's film fest
15/12/2008 … Armando Iannucci's movie spin-off from The Thick Of It will receive its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Mon 15 December 2008
C4 closes its comedy website
4Laughs shuts amid budget crisis
15/12/2008 … Channel 4 is closing its dedicated comedy website 4Laughs.
Ernie's set in stone
15/12/2008 … A statue of Ernie Wise is to be built in his home town of Morley, West Yorkshire, ten years after his death.
Tim Minchin: So Fucking Rock
15/12/2008 … The newly released DVD of Rowan Atkinson's Eighties live shows concludes with him miming playing the drums, a skillfull piece of physical comedy.
Rhod fronts £2m ad campaign
15/12/2008 … Stand-up Rhod Gilbert has been signed up to front a £2.
Sun 14 December 2008
Chubby ruins Christmas...
X-rated stand-up played in Santa's grotto
14/12/2008 … Roy Chubby Brown reduced children to tears as they queued to see Santa – after his filthy routine was played over a store’s loudspeakers.
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14/12/2008 … ANDREW SACHS has agreed to appear in Coronation Street, although details of his role have not yet been announced.