Izzard: The Movie
Eddie to release documentary - about himself
15/05/2004 … Eddie Izzard is making a documentary film about his own life.
2004 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 15 May 2004
Comics go Cuckoo
15/05/2004 … Some of the top names from the stand-up circuit are to appear in a stage version of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 14 May 2004
Kitson takes a Stand
Perrier-winner 'hides from audiences'
14/05/2004 … Former Perrier-winner Daniel Kitson is shunning the biggest Edinburgh venues this year, in favour of the intimate Stand comedy club.
Thu 13 May 2004
Festival in crisis
Funding dries up for London event
13/05/2004 … London’s Comedy Festival is on the verge of collapse after its funding all but dried up.
'Clue' scoops Sony
Top radio award for festive special
13/05/2004 … The team behind I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue have won radio’s top comedy accolade.
Wed 12 May 2004
Dirty film...
Comic stars tell the sickest joke ever
12/05/2004 … The biggest names in comedy have got together to record the longest and sickest shaggy-dog joke ever committed to film.
Comic in blast drama
Godley took first pictures of Glasgow tragedy
12/05/2004 … Comic Janey Godley has told how she took the first dramatic pictures that brought home the full scale of yesterday’s Glasgow factory explosion.
Tue 11 May 2004
70s comedy chief dies
11/05/2004 … The ITV executive who poached Morecambe and Wise from BBC and helped make Benny Hill an international star, has died at the age of 76.