Evil Eddie
30/08/2005 … Eddie Izzard is to star opposite Uma Thurman in a new comedy movie about a superhero.
Tue 30 August 2005
Mon 29 August 2005
Fringe's record year
29/08/2005 … The Edinburgh Fringe has announced another record-breaking year at the box office.
Sun 28 August 2005
Solon wins Perrier
Second woman to take the prize
28/08/2005 … Newcomer Laura Solon has won the 2005 Perrier Award – the first woman to do so since Jenny Eclair a decade ago.
Sat 27 August 2005
A Daily fix
27/08/2005 … Spoof American news broadcast The Daily Show is to be screened on Channel 4’s new digital offshoot More4.
Fri 26 August 2005
Soldiers of Fortune
26/08/2005 … Satirist John Fortune has written a film about old Etonian Simon Mann's failed attempt to overthrow the Equatorial Guinea government.
Dirty movie
Aristocrats launches in the UK
26/08/2005 … The comedy world gathered in Edinburgh today for the launch of new documentary movie The Aristocrats Jimmy Carr, Dara O’Briain and Alan Davies were among…
The loan arranger
26/08/2005 … They Think It's All Over host Nick Hancock has embarked on a new career – with a mortgage broker.
Comedy is 'too white'
BBC Three boss wants more diversity
26/08/2005 … BBC Three controller Stuart Murphy has complained that British comedy is dominated by white men.