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.
Tue 13 December 2005
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.
Critics? I want them dead
Office producer takes criticism badly
11/12/2005 … The Office producer Ash Atalla admits he has ‘murder raging in my heart’ when he gets a bad reviews.