Forget Larry...
Why town rejected Grayson tribute
21/02/2005 … Prejudice against Larry Grayson’s camp persona has stopped his home town honouring him, the comic’s relatives have claimed.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Mon 21 February 2005
Sun 20 February 2005
Put the fun in funeral
20/02/2005 … Johnny Vegas, Harry Hill and Arthur Smith were among the hundreds of mourners who bid farewell to Malcolm Hardee in suitably unconventional style at his funeral…
Fri 18 February 2005
Question of comedy
18/02/2005 … Stand-ups will have their knowledge of comedy tested at the Leicester Comedy Festival this weekend.
Mack's in his prime
Coveted slot for Lee's US debut
18/02/2005 … Lee Mack is to make his American TV debut in a coveted prime-time slot.
Thu 17 February 2005
Fast relief
17/02/2005 … The DVD from next Tuesday’s mammoth Comic Aid tsunami benefit is to be released on March 4.
Nordic but nice
17/02/2005 … Eddie Izzard is to tour Scandanavia next month.
Wed 16 February 2005
Life of Bob
16/02/2005 … American comedy legend Bob Newhart is to write his first memoir.
Deals on wheels
16/02/2005 … BBC3 has commissioned a new sitcom about a wheelchair user and a homeless man.