Eat my sh****
Russian bid to censor Simpsons
05/11/2005 … Russian MPs have given a final warning to TV stations to censor The Simpsons – otherwise state officials will step in and do the job for them.
2005 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Sat 05 November 2005
Fri 04 November 2005
Morris is IT
Chris's 'secret role' in new C4 sitcom
04/11/2005 … Chris Morris is to be a regular in a new Channel 4 sitcom – although he’s apparently trying to keep his role secret.
Thu 03 November 2005
Why Cooper's super
03/11/2005 … Tommy Cooper and Kenny Everett are to be saluted in a new ITV1 programme about classic programmes.
Last stop, London
Little Britain announces capital dates
03/11/2005 … The Little Britain tour has finally announced its London dates – but fans in the capital will have to wait almost a year for it to arrive.
Wed 02 November 2005
Stripped back
Mayall and Planer in new Comic Strip
02/11/2005 … Channel 4 is reviving The Comic Strip Presents… Rik Mayall and Nigel Planer will star in the new one-off, Sex Actually, 23 years since the troupe’s…
Tue 01 November 2005
Going to the dogs
Fulton's widow leaves £800k to animal charity
01/11/2005 … The widow of Scottish comedy legend Rikki Fulton has left £800,000 to an animal charity.
Meet Professor Comedy
Iannucci secures an Oxford chair
01/11/2005 … Armando Iannucci has been made a professor at Oxford University.
Will Phoenix rise?
Spikey's hopes for series revival
01/11/2005 … Dave Spikey has said he’d like to make another series of Phoenix Nights – and criticised Peter Kay’s Max and Paddy spin-off as ‘blatant,…