Top of the pods
13/12/2005 … Ricky Gervais has become the most popular podcast on both sides of the Atlantic, in only its second week.
Tue 13 December 2005
Tom takes BBC crown
Second victory for 22-year-old actor
13/12/2005 … Tom Allen, a 22-year-old actor, has won this year’s BBC New Talent stand-up competition.
Borat's website shut down
Khazakhstan silences Baron Cohen
13/12/2005 … Kazakhstan authorities have pulled the plug on Sacha Baron Cohen’s website after he portrayed the country as a backward nation of cow-punching yokels who…
Hear here!
13/12/2005 … Comedy record label Sound Entertainment have launched a new website, www.
Mon 12 December 2005
Jo's 'stop the Tories' plea
Brand appeals for cash for Labour
12/12/2005 … Jo Brand has emailed thousands of Labour supporters asking for cash to help stop David Cameron winning the next general election.
Stars out for Malcolm
Benefit show a year after Hardee's death
12/12/2005 … Alternative comedy pioneer Malcolm Hardee is to be remembered in a star-studded benefit show close to the anniversary of his death.
Sun 11 December 2005
'Comedy in its highest form'
Tributes paid to Richard Pryor
11/12/2005 … Comics have been paying tribute to Richard Pryor, who died of a heart attack yesterday (story) His widow, Jennifer Pryor siad: ‘He was an inspiration to…
Leics is more
11/12/2005 … The Leicester Comedy Festival is to double in size, boasting more than 200 events next year.