Three of the best
24/02/2005 … Green Wing, Nighty Night (pictured) and Peep Show are to battle it out for two of the most prestigious awards in TV.
Thu 24 February 2005
A TV movie...
Izzard film lands US distributor
24/02/2005 … A documentary film about Eddie Izzard’s life, comedy and transvestitism has secured a North American distributor.
Wed 23 February 2005
Put the Al in festiv-al
Murray to host Fringe TV series
23/02/2005 … Al Murray is to present six hour-long TV shows from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.
Tue 22 February 2005
Ask a silly question...
22/02/2005 … Two teams of comics took part in the first Chortle Comedy quiz at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Sunday.
Kay's music video
'Amarillo' filmed for Comic Relief
22/02/2005 … Peter Kay has filmed a music video for Tony Christie’s Is This The Way To Amarillo? for Comic Relief.
Rage against Gene
Pryor slams 'sanctimonious hypocrite'
22/02/2005 … Richard Pryor’s wife Jennifer has launched a blistering attack on his one-time co-star Gene Wilder as a “sanctimonious hypocrite” who only got…
Mon 21 February 2005
Cheers, Malcolm
21/02/2005 … Malcolm Hardee’s final send-off was completed last night with a gig at the club he founded – ending with a stage full of dancing naked men, including…
The £9m funny fund
Beeb's cash for regional comedy
21/02/2005 … The BBC has earmarked £9 million to develop comedy shows from outside London.