Calls of the wild
12/10/2006 … Channel 4 has ordered a series of a prank phone call programmes on the back of a Comedy Lab pilot.
Thu 12 October 2006
Tate bovvers the OED
Catchprhase named word of the year
12/10/2006 … Catherine Tate's ‘bovvered’ catchphrase has been named the word of the year by the compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Wed 11 October 2006
Just Idle speculation
11/10/2006 … Eric Idle has quashed any ideas of a Monty Python reunion.
Komedia takes a Bath
11/10/2006 … Brighton’s Komedia venue is to open a new comedy room in Bath.
Hammer time...
Arkwright sign to be auctioned
11/10/2006 … The sign from Ronnie Barker’s shop in Open All Hours is to be put up for auction.
Tue 10 October 2006
Marxism today...
10/10/2006 … A new box set of Marx brothers movies is released on DVD on Monday – and we’ve got a handful to give away.
wright10
10/10/2006 … DEADPAN American comic Stephen Wright has recorded his first hour-long TV special in 16 years.