The show must go on
24/01/2005 … Comics are planning to shatter the world record for the longest ever stand-up show – with a 36-hour marathon.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 24 January 2005
On the Rockies road
Aspen festival line-up revealed
24/01/2005 … Eddie Izzard, Stewart Lee and Adam Hills are to appear the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen next month.
Five's funnies
Best new sitcom ideas revealed
24/01/2005 … New comedies by The Office’s Mackenzie Crook, Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and Garth Marenghi creator Matt Holness are all being considered by Channel…
Comedy on the council
24/01/2005 … A London council is subsidising people to go and watch comedy.
Sun 23 January 2005
Tate's in the States
23/01/2005 … Catherine Tate makes her American TV debut tonight – and critics are already hailing her as the next Tracey Ullman.
Glasgow-ho-ho
City launches third comedy fest
23/01/2005 … The full line-up of this year’s Glasgow Comedy Festival has been unveiled today, with Joan Rivers, Jack Dee, Paul Merton and Jimmy Carr among the line-up.
Sat 22 January 2005
Fringe benefits
Festivals worth £135m to Scotland
22/01/2005 … Edinburgh’s summer festivals are worth £135 million to the Scottish economy, a new report has revealed.