Jimmy won't fix it
18/10/2005 … Jimmy Carr’s agent has denied newspaper reports that he is to front a revival of Jim’ll Fix It.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 18 October 2005
Silent comedians
Lewis & Martin didn't speak for months
18/10/2005 … Jerry Lewis has revealed how he barely spoke a word to double-act partner Dean Martin in the last ten months before their comedy relationship finally fell apart.
Mon 17 October 2005
Comedy circuit
17/10/2005 … Peter Kay is to lend his voice to a new animated children’s series set in the world of motor racing.
It's a DVLee
17/10/2005 … Stewart Lee’s first live stand-up DVD, Stand-Up Comedian, has been released this week.
A model sitcom
17/10/2005 … BBC Three has ordered a new sitcom about a working-class family thrown into the spotlight when their teenage daughter becomes a supermodel.
Foreign Extras
Gervais sitcom exported to 9 countries
17/10/2005 … Ricky Gervais’s Extras has been sold to nine countries, from Norway to New Zealand.
A slice of the action
17/10/2005 … Armando Iannucci has directed a new range of adverts for pizza company Goodfella’s.
DVD Extras...
17/10/2005 … Ricky Gervais’s Extras is released on DVD on Monday – and we’ve five copies to give away.