Dead Smart
27/09/2005 … Don Adams, the comedian who starred in Sixties spy spoof Get Smart, has died at the age of 82.
Tue 27 September 2005
Now you see it...
Cooper's fez goes under the hammer
27/09/2005 … One of Tommy Cooper’s fezzes is going under the auctioneer’s hammer today.
Mon 26 September 2005
A British Cheers?
ITV plans star-studded pub sitcom
26/09/2005 … ITV1 is planning a ‘Cheers-style’ sitcom as part of a renewed drive to improve its comedy output.
Little Brit-tin
26/09/2005 … Hours of rare, unreleased Little Britain material are to be released in a new collectors edition CD set.
Best of British
26/09/2005 … Some of the most acclaimed British TV comedies are being repackaged into impressive boxed sets next week - and Chortle has copies to give away.
Sun 25 September 2005
Extra cautious
Subdued US welcome for Gervais sitcom
25/09/2005 … American TV critics have given a warm, but qualified, welcome to Ricky Gervais’s Extras.
Eddie gets high as Kite
Izzard lands role in Beatles movie
25/09/2005 … Eddie Izzard is to star opposite Bono in a new film based on the songs of the Beatles.
Fri 23 September 2005
We're the One for comedy
BBC chief eyes stars of the future
23/09/2005 … New BBC One controller Peter Fincham has renewed his vow to make comedy one of his ‘highest priorities’ He says he wants to encourage an environment…