On the road to hell?
Springer opera tours, despite protests
20/09/2005 … Controversy-hit musical Jerry Springer: The Opera is to tour, defying the fundamentalist Christians who tried to have in banned.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 20 September 2005
Larry's back
20/09/2005 … Acclaimed American comedy The Larry Sanders Show is to be repeated on new digital channel ITV4.
Mon 19 September 2005
Ceiling caves in
Nigel Planer's play closes fast
19/09/2005 … Nigel Planer’s first West End play has announced it will close – less than a week after first night.
Back to school
19/09/2005 … Coupling star Sarah Alexander is to star in a new American sitcom about disillusioned schoolteachers.
Comedy with guts
Mock horror film gets DVD release
19/09/2005 … A low-budget comedy horror film starring some of Britain’s up-and-coming stand-ups has just secured an international distribution deal.
Sun 18 September 2005
Comedy to go
BBC plans programmes for phone
18/09/2005 … The BBC is planning a comedy show that can play out on TV, online and on mobile phones.
Lenny Bruce's wife dies
She'd campaigned to clear his name
18/09/2005 … Lenny Bruce’s former wife Honey Bruce Friedman has died at the age of 78.
Thu 15 September 2005
Entering Hyperdrive
Frost lands lead in sci-fi sitcom
15/09/2005 … Spaced and Shaun Of The Dead actor Nick Frost is to star in BBC Two’s new sci-fi sitcom – giving him his first lead role in a TV comedy.