Three of the best

Comic trio vie for top award

24/02/2005 … Green Wing, Nighty Night (pictured) and Peep Show are to battle it out for two of the most prestigious awards in TV.

A TV movie...

Izzard film lands US distributor

24/02/2005 … A documentary film about Eddie Izzard’s life, comedy and transvestitism has secured a North American distributor.

Put the Al in festiv-al

Murray to host Fringe TV series

23/02/2005 … Al Murray is to present six hour-long TV shows from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe.

Ask a silly question...

22/02/2005 … Two teams of comics took part in the first Chortle Comedy quiz at the Leicester Comedy Festival on Sunday.

Kay's music video

'Amarillo' filmed for Comic Relief

22/02/2005 … Peter Kay has filmed a music video for Tony Christie’s Is This The Way To Amarillo? for Comic Relief.

Rage against Gene

Pryor slams 'sanctimonious hypocrite'

22/02/2005 … Richard Pryor’s wife Jennifer has launched a blistering attack on his one-time co-star Gene Wilder as a “sanctimonious hypocrite” who only got…

Cheers, Malcolm

Comics say their farewells

21/02/2005 … Malcolm Hardee’s final send-off was completed last night with a gig at the club he founded – ending with a stage full of dancing naked men, including…

The £9m funny fund

Beeb's cash for regional comedy

21/02/2005 … The BBC has earmarked £9 million to develop comedy shows from outside London.