Men are ruining comedy
Weir wants more female TV execs
11/03/2006 … Arabella Weir says TV comedy is rubbish – because too much of it is commissioned by men.
Sat 11 March 2006
Thu 09 March 2006
The two of us
Comedy duos to examine friendship
09/03/2006 … Five comedy partnership have created a series of short Radio 4 pieces about the nature of friendship.
Feline threatened
Bill Bailey helps save the jaguar
09/03/2006 … Bill Bailey has spent two weeks with the ‘jaguar people’ of Brazil for a new Sky One documentary.
Sadowitz price row
Gigs cancelled over ticket demands
09/03/2006 … Two comedy clubs have pulled gigs by Jerry Sadowitz – because he demanded ticket prices be more than doubled.
Wed 08 March 2006
Pete & Dud: Come Again
08/03/2006 … Theatreland’s necrophilic obsession with dead comics shows no sign of abating.
Phoning it in
08/03/2006 … Mobile phone users will be able to watch – and vote on - clips of unsigned stand-ups as part of a new comedy competition.
Lee vs Kitson
Chortle award nominees announced
08/03/2006 … Daniel Kitson, Stewart Lee and visiting Australian comedian Tim Minchin lead the nominations for this year’s Chortle awards.
Laughter in the Eire
Win the best in Irish stand-up
08/03/2006 … Some of Ireland’s best stand-ups have recorded a DVD in aid of Amnesty International.