The road worrier
18/11/2004 … Bill Bailey has revealed that he once quit comedy for a telesales job, because he was fed up with life on the road.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Thu 18 November 2004
Sacha does Charlie
Ali G star set for Hollywood fame
18/11/2004 … Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is set to star in a series of movies about a louche aristocratic art dealer with underworld connections.
Wed 17 November 2004
Flanimal magic!
17/11/2004 … Ricky Gervais is poised to sign a deal to make a major Hollywood movie based on his children’s book Flanimals.
Pier pressure
17/11/2004 … Unfashionable comics like Jethro and Joe Pasquale are to have their own TV channel from the new year.
Tue 16 November 2004
I'm no stand-up
... because they're not really comedians
16/11/2004 … Billy Connolly says he doesn’t like being called a stand-up – because he hates being associated with the comics who use the phrase.
Let's rock!
16/11/2004 … The Office star Mackenzie Crook is developing a comedy set in the rock industry.
Mon 15 November 2004
Adopt a cause
15/11/2004 … Some of the circuit’s top comics have been lined up for a West End benefit gig for an adoption charity this coming weekend.
Bigger than Bart
15/11/2004 … Peter Kay has proved more popular than The Simpsons.